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From Printz Honor winner and Morris Award finalist Jessie Ann Foley comes a comitragic YA novel that will appeal to fans of Jandy Nelson and Jeff Zentner. As the youngest of eight, painfully average Pup Flanagan is used to flying under the radar. He's barely passing his classes. His lets his longtime crush walk all over him. And he's in no hurry to decide on a college path.The only person who ever made him think he could be more was his older brother Patrick. But that was before Patrick died suddenly, leaving Pup with a family who won't talk about it and acquaintances who just keep saying, "sorry for your loss."When Pup excels at a photography assignment he thought he'd bomb, things start to come into focus. His dream girl shows her true colors. An unexpected friend exposes Pup to a whole new world, right under his nose.And the photograph that was supposed to show Pup a way out of his grief ultimately reveals someone else who is still stuck in their own. Someone with a secret regret Pup never could have imagined.
About the Author
Jessie Ann Foley is the award-winning author of the young adult novels THE CARNIVAL AT BRAY, NEIGHBORHOOD GIRLS, SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS, and YOU KNOW I'M NO GOOD. She is the recipient of a Printz honor, a William C. Morris Award finalist, and many other awards. Her books have been named to best-of-the-year lists by Kirkus Reviews, YALSA, Booklist, New York Public Library, and many other organizations, and appear on required reading lists in high schools across the United States. Jessie spent ten years as a high school English teacher before becoming a full-time author. She is also a Diet Coke enthusiast, mom of three, and lifelong Chicagoan. You can visit her on Instagram at @jessieannfoley.
