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Jessica Verdi, the author of My Life After Now and The Summer I Wasn't Me, returns with a heartbreaking and poignant novel of grief and guilt that reads like Nicholas Sparks for teens.It's all Ryden's fault. If he hadn't gotten Meg pregnant, she would have never stopped her chemo treatments and would still be alive. Instead he's failing fatherhood one dirty diaper at a time. And it's not like he's had time to grieve while struggling to care for their infant daughter, start his senior year, and earn the soccer scholarship he needs to go to college. The one person who makes Ryden feel like his old self is Joni. She's fun and energetic-and doesn't know he has a baby. But the more time they spend together, the harder it becomes to keep his two worlds separate.
About the Author
Jessica Verdi lives in New York with her family. A graduate of The New School's MFA in Writing for Children program, she is the author of several books for children and teens, including FOLLOW YOUR ARROW, I'M NOT A GIRL, AND SHE WAS, WHAT YOU LEFT BEHIND, THE SUMMER I WASN'T ME, and MY LIFE AFTER NOW. She loves seltzer, hot sauce, TV, vegetarian soup, flip-flops, and all animals. Visit her at www.jessicaverdi.com and follow her on Twitter and Instagram @jessverdi.
