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With another aching deep dive into human spirituality, Emily France mines her home state of Colorado in a novel of a teen girl's harrowing search for her missing younger sister - and her own search for self.Born and raised in Boulder, Colorado, Essence McKree feels older than any seventeen-year-old she knows. Ever since weed was legalized, her mother has been working in a pot shop, high more often than not. Lately it's been up to Essa to care for her nine-year-old sister, Puck.When Essa meets Oliver - a brainy indoor type who's in town for the summer - she is cautious at first, distrustful of the tourist crowd and suspicious of Oliver's mysterious past in Chicago. But Puck is charmed and pushes Essa toward him. Soon Essa finds herself showing Oliver the Boulder she has forgotten: the mountain parties, the long hikes .



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Emily France

Emily France is a critically acclaimed young adult author. Her latest novel, ZEN AND GONE, was named a Washington Post Best Book for Young Readers, received a starred-review from Publishers Weekly, and won the Reading the West Award from the Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association. Her debut novel, SIGNS OF YOU, was an Apple iBooks Best of the Month. Emily is a graduate of Brown University and holds an MFA and a JD. She lives in Colorado with her family. See more at https://www.emilyfrancebooks.com.



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