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General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Adventure stories (Children's / Teenage), Fantasy & magical realism (Children's / Teenage)
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Little, Brown Audio
- Paperback Jul 9, 2019 | 9780349003405 | RRP $26.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Oct 10, 2019 | 9781405545372 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jul 9, 2019 | 9780349003399 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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THE ASTONISHING COLOR OF AFTER meets ELEANOR & PARK in this breathtaking and beautifully surreal story about a friendship between two teens that just might shake the earth around them or at the very least make them face some painful truths about the nature of what drives us apart . . . and what brings us together.
'Tinges of the supernatural add to the electric sense of place in a caustic and original novel' Financial Times
Billy Sloat and Lydia Lemon don't have much in common, unless you count growing up on the same (wrong) side of the tracks, the lack of a mother, and a persistent loneliness that has inspired creative coping mechanisms.
When the lives of these two loners are thrust together, Lydia's cynicism is met with Billy's sincere optimism, and both begin to question their own outlook on life. On top of that, weird happenings including an impossible tornado and an all-consuming fog are cropping up around them - maybe even because of them.
With a unique mix of raw emotion, humor, and heart, the surreal plotline pulls readers through an epic exploration of how caring for others makes us vulnerable - and how utterly pointless life would be if we didn't.
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Praise for The Boy and Girl Who Broke The World
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The Boy and Girl Who Broke the World is gritty, gutsy, and ferociously strange. Amy Reed offers us a surreal yet oddly familiar world teetering on the edge of destruction and offers hopeful and inventive ways to survive the pain and salvage our dreams. This story is powerful and unique, and I envied its wild and irreverent vision to pieces. - Nova Ren Suma, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Walls Around Us
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Billy [is] a delightful creation . . . there's a wickedly funny parody . . . Tinges of the supernatural add to the electric sense of place in a caustic and original novel. - Financial Times
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