About this title: Miles has spent her life in the shadow of her cousin Laura--until Laura commits suicide, leaving her dad and Miles lost in the wake of the event. After spiraling downward, Miles overdoses on drugs. She almost dies, but with the help of her family and friends, Miles gains the strength to face her situation and accept help.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Date Published: 03/2008
ISBN-13:9780689878596ISBN:0689878591
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 204 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Date Published: 03/2008
ISBN-13:9780689878596ISBN:0689878591
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 204 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Date Published: 03/2008
ISBN-13:9780689878596ISBN:0689878591
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 204 p. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780689878602ISBN:0689878605
Description: Good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 204 p. Intended for a juvenile audience. Intended for a young adult/teenage audience. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publ
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780689878596ISBN:0689878591
Description: New in vg, small spine tears, light edg jacket. New Hardcover with Very Good dust jacket, clean, tight, unmarked. Dust Jacket has tears in spine area and some light edge wear. All orders are shipped by kbooks every business day. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publ
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780689878596ISBN:0689878591
Description: Fine. Hardcover, Like New, clean, tight, unmarked, DJ missing. North American Orders are shipped by kbooks every business day. International orders are shipped on Tuesdays and Friday's. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publ
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780689878596ISBN:0689878591
Description: New in New jacket. Brand New Hardcover with dust jacket, clean, tight, unmarked, (Fine with Fine Dust Jacket). In the wake of her cousin's suicide, overweight and introverted seventeen-year-old Miles experiences significant changes in her relationships with her mother and father, her best friend Jamal and his family, and her cousin's father, while gaining insights about herself, both positive and negative. North American Orders are shipped by kbooks every business day. International orders are ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publ
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780689878602ISBN:0689878605
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2009-02-24
ISBN-13:9780689878602ISBN:0689878605
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780689878602. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780689878596ISBN:0689878591
Description: New. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 204 p. Intended for a juvenile audience. Intended for a young adult/teenage audience. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2008-03-04
ISBN-13:9780689878596ISBN:0689878591
Description: NEW. Hardcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780689878596. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publ
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780689878596ISBN:0689878591
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
ISBN-13:9780689878596ISBN:0689878591
Description: Good. Book shows minor use. Cover and Binding have minimal wear and the pages have only minimal creases. A tradition of southern quality and service. All books guaranteed at the Atlanta Book Company. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publ
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780689878602ISBN:0689878605
Description: Good. Cover is a little worn. A good reading copy in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (including dust cover, if available). The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels. All items will be shipped by the close of the next business day. read more
Description: Good. Light shelving wear with minimal damage to cover and bindings. Pages show minor use. Help save a tree. Buy all your used books from Green Earth Books. Read. Recycle and Reuse! read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780689878602ISBN:0689878605
Description: Good. Clean and complete. No writing, no cribbing, no underlining, no highliting. Expedited and International shipping available. read more
"I chose this book off of a random shelf at the library because I wanted to try something out of my "norm"... well, I got what I asked for, but I can't say I was happy about it. The story was quite depressing. It's about an 18 year old's journey to finding herself after her cousin (but more like a sister) commits suicide. She struggles with depression and pharmacy drug abuse along with wondering about her status in life. It was different, but not something I'd quickly recommend to another. What I did like about it was the voice, there was a lot of personality behind the words and I really enjoyed that!"
"This book was amazing! It's awesome when the author can make you care about the carachters so much that you're all most screaming at the book telling the fictional people what the should or shouldn't do. This book was great because Rachel Cohn didn't tone down any of the real life isues that so many people actually face. Such as drug addiction and the loosing someone you love and how that affects you. This book all most had me crying at more than one time. I read the whole book today and couldn't put it down."
"Cousins Miles and Laura grow up more like sisters, only months apart in age, sharing dreams and escapes. They were so tightly bonded that when Laura kills herself, an abandoned Miles barely functions. Laura was everything Miles wished for - beautiful, thin, and popular with boys. Miles loved her most, and living without her is a sentence in itself. During the summer after Laura's death, Miles, addicted to escapes - whether books, food, pills, or fantasies - does not realize how much she contributes to the lives of others. Exquisitely written and delicately told, this story belongs to Miles. Cohn wisely focuses on her and gives the reader just enough of Laura to validate Miles's grief. But Miles does not stand in isolation; the book includes a rich circle of people very involved in the world and willing to anchor Miles in that world despite her courageous stubbornness. The completeness of the book is impressive."
"I wonder if this book would have gotten published if it weren't from Rachel Cohn. Don't get me wrong, I like her. And I like her with David Levithan. Whenever I'm about to get annoyed or frustrated with the complete and utter sophistication, awareness, and worldliness her characters inevitably portray, I have to remind myself why I appreciate her: she throws something amazing like the following into the fray. "But I see Jim has resurrected his old Tiffany silver lighter with his initials engraved on it, a gift from a partner from long ago, when same-sex lovers had to stay in the closet but chain smoking on crowded airplanes and in movie theaters was totally fine, even encouraged. Secondhand smoke was clearly less dangerous than two men sharing the gift of a public kiss, in goodness's bygone time." The best thing about Cohn (and Levithan) is their complete and utter desire to portray a slightly alternate world as accepted reality. Oh, that girl who killed herself was the daughter of a single gay father? Cool. What's important here is that she committed suicide, not that her dad's gay. See? Good. But I still have a love-hate relationship with the self awareness. And I am only on page 55!"
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