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| Author/Contributor(s): | Fritz, Joanne Rossmassler |
| Publisher: | Holiday House |
| Date: | 8/2/2022 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
A brother’s disappearance turns one family upside down, revealing painful secrets that threaten the life they’ve always known.
When twelve-year-old Maddie’s older brother vanishes from his collegecampus, her carefully ordered world falls apart. Nothing will fill thevoid of her beloved oldest sibling, Strum. Meanwhile Maddie’s older sisterreacts by staying out late, and her parents are always distracted by thesearch for Strum. Drowning in grief and confusion, the family’s musicalhousehold falls silent.
Though Maddie is the youngest, she knowsStrum better than anyone. He used to confide in her, sharing his fearsabout the climate crisis and their planet’s future. So, Maddie startslooking for clues: Was Strum unhappy? Were the arguments with their dadgetting worse? Or could his disappearance have something to do withthose endangered butterflies he loved . . .
Scared and on herown, Maddie picks up the pieces of her family’s fractured lives. Maybeher parents aren’t who she thought they were. Maybe her nervous thoughtsand compulsive counting mean she needs help. And maybe finding Strumwon’t solve everything–but she knows he’s out there, and she has totry.
This powerful debut novel in verse addresses the climatecrisis, intergenerational discourse, and mental illness in anaccessible, hopeful way. With a gorgeous narrative voice, Everywhere Blue is perfect for fans of Eventown and OCDaniel.
An NCTE Notable Verse Novel
A Mighty Girl Best Book of the Year
A Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year
Cybils Award Poetry Winner!
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