Watch Over Me
$18.75
- Paperback
272 pages
- Release Date
29 September 2020
Summary
A brilliant new young adult novel from 2018 Printz Award winner, Nina LaCour.
Mila is used to being alone. Maybe that’s why she said yes. Yes to a second chance in this remote place, among the flowers and the fog and the crash of waves far below. But she hadn’t known about the ghosts.
Newly graduated from high school, Mila has aged out of the foster-care system. So when she’s offered a job and a place to live on an isolated part of the Californian coast, she immediately accept…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781922330604 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1922330604 |
| Author: | Nina LaCour |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 29 September 2020 |
| Weight: | 252g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 20mm |
| Audience Age: | 14-18 |
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Critics Review
‘LaCour paints a captivating depiction of loss, bewilderment, and emotional paralysis…raw and beautiful.’
‘LaCour paints a captivating depiction of loss, bewilderment, and emotional paralysis…raw and beautiful.’ * Booklist on We Are Okay *
‘A moving portrait of a girl struggling to rebound after everything she’s known has been thrown into disarray.’ * Publishers Weekly on We Are Okay *
‘Beautifully crafted…A quietly moving, potent novel.’ * School Library Journal on We Are Okay *
‘This book is so presentient about the times we suddenly find ourselves in that I could feel the presence of my own ghost as I read it. Every sentence is a gift. Nina LaCour writes an enchanted world in which the resonances come from us, from our own need to mend what’s broken inside us. Watch Over Me is a fairytale for who we are now, showing us a way to live in this world.’ * Penni Russon *
‘Gripping; an emotion-packed must-read.’ * Kirkus Reviews (starred review) *
‘I loved Watch Over Me—such a captivating mix of eerie and emotion, ghosts of the past and dreams for the future. Nina LaCour is a true storyteller.’ * Simmone Howell *
‘Brims with tender moments and sensory details.’ * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *
‘A painfully compelling gem from a masterful creator’ * Booklist, starred review *
‘Moving, unsettling, and full of atmospheric beauty’ * School Library Journal, starred review *
‘Richly atmospheric and both haunting and hopeful, Watch Over Me is a rewarding novel about a young woman on the brink of a new life.’ * BookPage *
’Watch Over Me will grip the reader until its powerful conclusion.’ * ReadPlus *
‘Lacour’s skill in creating empathetic characters and exploring their inner feelings will please her teenage fans.’ * Magpies *
‘Watch Over Me has been hanging around in the back of my head ever since I finished it…The way it navigates trauma, loss and queerness is absolutely beautiful…I’m looking forward to reading it again when I feel like having my heart slowly broken and put back together.’ * Writing NSW *
About The Author
Nina LaCour
Nina LaCour is the author of the widely acclaimed novels Hold Still, The Disenchantments, Everything Leads to You, You Know Me Well (with David Levithan) and We Are Okay. She is also the host of Keeping a Notebook- A Podcast on Writing and founder of the Slow Novel Lab. Nina lives with her family in San Francisco, California.
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