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A Michael L. Printz Honor Award Winner A gentle, lyrical story of incomprehensible sorrow faced with quiet courage.ELIZABETH WEIN,New York Timesbestselling author Hubbard treats tragedy and new beginnings with a skilled, delicate hand.JOHN COREY WHALEY, author ofWhere Things Come Back, winner of the Michael L. Printz Award Senior Paul Wagoner walks into his school with a stolen gun, threatens his girlfriend, Emily Beam, and then takes his own life. Soon after, angry and guilt-ridden Emily is sent to a boarding school in Amherst, Massachusetts, where two quirky fellow students and the spirit of Emily Dickinson offer helping hands. But it is up to Emily Beam to heal her own damaged self, to find the good behind the bad, hope inside the despair, and springtime under the snow.