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Take Me With You When You Go

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Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher, and the author for giving me a free eARC of this book to read in exchange for my review!

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I wasn't a big fan of the format of this book. I liked the story, but the format made it really hard for me to get through.

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Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for giving me a free advanced copy of this book to read and review.

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Another Jennifer Niven masterpiece. I was honored to receive an ARC for this beautiful book, and now I have a hardcopy of it, so I can read it again and again! David Leviathan is also such a brilliant author, and with Niven and Leviathan working together, it created SUCH an incredible novel. I was crying by the end of it!

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Interesting. Elegant. Realistically appropriate for older middle school and high school. An important topic for students to read.
Very good

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There is something about Levithan's writing that syncs perfectly with my brain. What a wonderful story.

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I purchased this book for my high school library. My students have enjoyed it. and it has circulated well.

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This was really heavy, and I really hope everyone will get to read this at least once in their life. This book did not necessarily break me apart, but it did make me think really hard about life.

The entire story was told in emails. So cool!!

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Many thanks to Netgalley and publishers for providing a review copy!

I love how Jennifer Niven always writes real and raw stories. It's never a light read with her. Add in David Levithan and you're just gonna feel it in your bones.

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My first dive into a Jennifer Niven book was when I picked up a copy of Holding Up the Universe. I hadn’t heard anything about it, and wasn’t sure I was even going to like it — but I went in blind thinking what did I have to lose.

And Jennifer’s writing … oh man. She makes the story come to life. Makes you feel for the characters and keep you turning pages. I was super excited to have a chance to read her newest — this time with co-author David Levithan (who I haven’t read before, but he’s been on my list!!)

I knew from the start Take Me With You When You Go was going to crush me in the best way possible.

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This book was absolutely fantastic. I've already added it to our list for order this year and will recommend it to students.

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The idea of David Levithan and Jennifer Niven creating a book together is such an amazing book and they did not disappoint! This book is so beautiful!!! It made me cry a lot. I love how it was written it both fits perfectly.

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I really enjoyed this collaboration from two of my all time favorite YA authors.
This is an emotional story of two siblings that couldn't be more different. it isn't until they're forced apart that they finally start to understand each other.

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I had so much expectations about this book. It was quite interesting at first but then It got slow at the middle part to its ending.

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It's a good one, but it's not my type of book. I was expecting to like because I liked the synopsis but it didn't affect me.

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Told in a series of emails between a brother and sister this is truly both a heartwarming and heartbreaking story.

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I was given a free copy of this book by #Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Ezra loves and depends on his older sister to help him navigate the abusive household they live in. But one day he wakes up to find Bea gone with no idea where she has gone and wonders how he will survive his neglectful and brutal household on his own. Eventually Bea reaches out and Ez discovers where she is and why she left him. #survivorstory #TakeMeWithYouWhenYouGo #Netgalley #DavidLevithan #JenniferNiven

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I was incredibly disappointed with this book written by two authors I very much admire. I read it a couple weeks ago and I do not even recall the names or the ending. The general premise is really all I retained. I wish that these two characters had been better developed. More nuance was needed. I do hope these writers work together again, but with more dynamic characters with nuanced growth.

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When Ezra wakes up to find his sister Bea gone, it doesn't add up for him. Why would she leave him with their abusive stepfather and neglectful mother? Why wouldn't she at least take him with her?
Bea, hoping to open up some secrets to the past, sets out on her own even though it means leaving Ezra behind to face the fallout.
Emails between the two take the reader on a journey along with them as they search for a way out of what has been and into something new. With any luck, something better.

I enjoyed the book but it didn't leave the lasting impression that other books by these authors have. Still worth picking up!

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This is a MUST ADD to classroom libraries. I will have it in my 7th grade ELA class. Both Levithan and Niven are masters at creating mood in a book, they take you on an emotional rollercoaster. I love it. The fact that the format is a brother and sister exchanging emails. The personal nature of that. Truly seeing the characters for who they were because of course they’d be their real selves with each other. Ezra and Bea are complex. They have so many layers. And quite frankly? They both just need a hug. A good long hug. But despite the turmoil and the deep plunges, this story ends on a high note.

**on a classroom library level**
This book mentions sex once. But it’s Bea talking to Ezra. She casually brings up a consensual relationship. It’s not dwelled on and I think it is deftly handled.
There is both physical and psychological child abuse in this story as well. Again, a deft hand is used and the subject is handled with the utmost care. It definitely needs a content/trigger warning because it is a central theme in the book.

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