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Hold Still

Nina LaCour

2009272 pagesabout 4–6 hours
2009
first published
  • 2009Penguin USA, Inc. · ENGISBN 9781101148051
  • 2009PenguinISBN 9780525421559
  • 2010Dutton Books · ENGISBN 9780142416945
  • 2010Speak
  • 2010TurtlebackISBN 9780606149983
  • 2019Penguin Books · 272 pagesISBN 9780525556084
  • 2017FISCHER KJBISBN 9783596809752
  • Fischer TaschenbuchISBN 9783596854134

An arresting story about starting over after a friend's suicide, froma breakthrough new voice in YA fictiondear caitlin, there are so many things that i want so badly to tell you but i just can't.Devastating, hopeful, hopeless, playful...in words and illustrations, Ingrid left behind a painful farewell in her journal for Caitlin. Now Caitlin is left alone, by loss and by choice, struggling to find renewed hope in the wake of her best friend's suicide. With the help of family and newfound friends, Caitlin will encounter first love, broaden her horizons, and start to realize that true friendship didn't die with Ingrid. And the journal which once seemed only to chronicle Ingrid's descent into depression, becomes the tool by which Caitlin once again reaches out to all those who loved Ingrid—and Caitlin herself

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Emotional toneUnflinching

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Plot intensityCharacter driven
ComplexityLayered

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Written forMiddle grade

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