Like a Prayer

For fans of Nina LaCour's We Are Okay (Printz Award winner), and Gayle Forman's If I Stay, comes a compelling novel that journeys through loss and redemption-a new voice that will resonate deeply with both young adult and adult readers.

In the aftermath of a family tragedy that has shaken everything she believes in, Zee dreams of running away. But that tragedy takes on new and unexpected meaning when she's forced to revisit the circumstances surrounding her younger brother's death. As Zee confronts the secrets of the past, she hides her feelings for her best friend, Brenna, afraid of what will happen if she reveals a painful truth-and reopens her heart to love.

"One of the few books of its kind... a book that will confront young adult readers with the darkness that exists in our world, and offer up a glimmer of hope." -The Booklife Prize

From the back cover:

"I knew that kind of hopelessness, that feeling you get in your gut when you're losing the last person who ever mattered to you... You know it's coming and you're afraid it's your fault, and you know there's not a damn thing you can do about it."

Zee Harper has lost almost everyone she loves. Her mother to a car accident. Her younger brother, Aaron, in a school shooting. And her alcoholic father has been slipping away, drowning in grief and guilt for as long as she can remember.

But Zee still has the comfort of her friendship with Brenna, and Aaron's frequent presence in her dreams. Until the eve of the shooting's first anniversary, when Zee's dreams begin to haunt her waking hours and warn her of another loss to come.

Yearning to escape a painful family legacy, Zee must confront a long-buried secret that's more complicated than her deepening feelings for Brenna-a terrible truth that could mean losing Brenna, too, and keep them apart forever.