AfterMath
by Emily Barth Isler
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Pub Date Sep 07 2021 | Archive Date Sep 01 2021
Lerner Publishing Group | Carolrhoda Books ®
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Description
"This book is a gift to the culture." —Amy Schumer, writer, actor, and activist
After her brother's death from a congenital heart defect, twelve-year-old Lucy is not prepared to be the new kid at school—especially in a grade full of survivors of a shooting that happened four years ago. Without the shared past that both unites and divides her classmates, Lucy feels isolated and unable to share her family's own loss, which is profoundly different from the trauma of her peers.
Lucy clings to her love of math, which provides the absolute answers she craves. But through budding friendships and an after-school mime class, Lucy discovers that while grief can take many shapes and sadness may feel infinite, love is just as powerful.
Advance Praise
"This book is a gift to the culture." —Amy Schumer
"Lucy's story of grief and healing packs an emotional punch that will tug at your heart strings long after you've read the last page." —Edith Cohn, author of Spirit's Key and Birdie's Billions
"[T]his novel comes pretty close to perfect in its fearless and compassionate exploration of the sorrows, struggles, and hard-won maturing of a spunky twelve-year-old as she deals with the aftermath of loss."—Judith Viorst, author of The Tenth Good Thing about Barney
"AfterMath is gorgeously written, infinitely heart-wrenching, and tragically timely. Lucy's voice is powerful and distinct. I loved this novel." —Leslie Margolis, author of Ghosted, We Are Party People, and the Maggie Brooklyn Mysteries.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781541599116 |
| PRICE | $17.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 272 |
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