Then You Were Gone
For Ages: 14 and up
In the tradition of 13 Reasons Why, a suspenseful and heart-wrenching novel from the author of Nothing Like You and Her and Me and You.
Two years ago, Adrienne’s best friend walked out of her life. One week ago, she left Adrienne a desperate, muffled voicemail. Adrienne never called back.
Now Dakota is missing. She left behind a string of broken hearts, a flurry of rumors, and a suicide note.
Adrienne can’t stop obsessing over what might have happened if she’d answered Dakota’s call. And she’s increasingly convinced that Dakota must still be alive.
Maybe finding and saving Dakota is the only way Adrienne can save herself.
Or maybe it’s too late for them both.
Two years ago, Adrienne’s best friend walked out of her life. One week ago, she left Adrienne a desperate, muffled voicemail. Adrienne never called back.
Now Dakota is missing. She left behind a string of broken hearts, a flurry of rumors, and a suicide note.
Adrienne can’t stop obsessing over what might have happened if she’d answered Dakota’s call. And she’s increasingly convinced that Dakota must still be alive.
Maybe finding and saving Dakota is the only way Adrienne can save herself.
Or maybe it’s too late for them both.
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Book details:
- Simon Pulse |
- 224 pages |
- ISBN 9781442427174 |
- January 2013 |
- Grades 9 and up
$11.99 List Price
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Praise
“Elegant, heart-rending, and deliciously good. Pulls you along with just enough mystery to make your breath catch.”
– Terra Elan McVoy, author of Being Friends with Boys
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“Elegant, heart-rending, and deliciously good. Pulls you along with just enough mystery to make your breath catch.”– Terra Elan McVoy, author of Being Friends with Boys
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“Beautifully written and achingly real, Then You Were Gone is taut, suspenseful, and moving.”– Ann Redisch Stampler, author of Where It Began
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“A gripping story, artfully told. Strasnick writes with precision and beauty.”– Jessica Martinez, author of The Space Between Us
Read an Excerpt
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Dakota Webb.
Boys love her. Freak freshman girls worship her. She’s pretty and bitchy and her dark dresses always look perfectly rumpled, as if she’s slipped them on fresh from the cleaners, then rolled around in the barn for a bit.
“Adrienne?”
She wasn’t always this way: shiny and cool. A baby rock god. A high school deity. She used to be just plain Dakota. Fickle, sure. A little wicked. But still, just a girl, my friend.
Right now it’s seventy and sunny. I’m on my back in a plot of curly weeds. I’ve got my hot cell pressed to my ear and here’s... see more
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