Fresh snow, new guys, curfew broken.
Now Sid is broken, too.
But she won't let anyone help her past the attack, won't even tell anyone what happened. The coping mechanisms that she's chosen aren't helping her cope too well either.
What can a slacker like Corey teach this former honor student about trust or friendship or caring what happens...
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Grab this debut novel today at your local library or independent bookstore and cheer for Sid as she works past her outrage to a better future. The author gives us Sid's playlist, too - you can tell a lot about someone by the music they choose.
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Book info: What Happens Next / Colleen Clayton. Poppy/Little Brown, 2012. [author's website] [publisher site]
My Recommendation: Meeting cool college guy Dax was the best thing about the high school ski trip for Cassidy, until he convinced her to sneak out after curfew to a night she cannot remember.
Back home, Sid’s grades slide, her single-parent mom can’t
figure out what’s wrong, her friends eventually give up trying to jolly her
back to normal. Sid drops her advanced classes and drifts into “A/V Club”
instead. Everyone knows that A/V Club is just Corey-the-Stoner hanging out in
the DVD storage room until someone needs a video, so he won’t try to break
through Sid’s new protective shell to help her get over things.
Except that he manages to say things that make her think, nudge
her to try feeling good about herself again by exercising, make her wonder why
she can’t remember anything about being with Dax – and he has no clue that he’s
doing it. Nice that he always smells like the bakery where he works before
school, that he brings new pastries for her to taste-test, that he’ll just
listen if she ever wants to talk.
Why do they call him Stoner when she’s never seen him act
druggie?
Could Sid ever be more than friends with Corey?
Will she ever find the key to the locked door of that blank
ski trip night?
The author’s time spent working with teens in bad situations
really shines through in this debut novel, as readers root for Sid to break through
the barricades that her mind put up and uncover what happened with Dax so she
can heal herself.
(One of 6,000 books recommended on www.abookandahug.com) Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.
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