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No Place to Fall


School year: Lower 6th, Year 10, Year 11

No. of pages 384

Published: 2016

Great for age 12-18 years

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Jandy Nelson's The Sky Is Everywhere meets Sarah Dessen's This Lullaby in this sexy and poignant debut novel about family, friendships, and first romance, which Kirkus Reviews praised, saying, "Southern charm oozes off the page." Amber Vaughn is a good girl. She sings solos at church, babysits her nephew after school, and spends Friday nights hanging out at her best friend Devon's house. But when she learns about an audition at a prestigious arts school, Amber decides that her dream-to sing on bigger stages-could also be her ticket to a new life. Devon's older brother, Will, helps Amber prepare for her one chance to try out. The more time Will and Amber spend together, the more complicated their relationship becomes ...and Amber starts to wonder if she's such a good girl, after all. Then, in an afternoon, the bottom drops out of her family's world-and Amber is faced with an impossible choice between her promise as an artist and the people she loves. Amber always thought she knew what a good girl would do. But between right and wrong, there's a whole world of possibilities.

 

 

This book is aimed at children at US 9th grade+.

This book has been graded for interest at 14 years.

There are 384 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2016 by HarperCollins Publishers Inc .

Jaye Robin Brown lives in the mountains of Western North Carolina, and teaches art at a public high school. This is her first novel.

 

"I was completely smitten." -- Robin Constantine, author of The Promise of Amazing "Hits a chord with the dreamer in all of us." -- Megan Shepherd, author of The Madman's Daughter "Debut author Brown is off to a wonderful start with authentic characters who speak in true voices. Amber could be the best friend you had in high school-she's absolutely the real deal, and readers will clamor for another well-paced story featuring her and her friends." -- School Library Journal "Southern charm oozes off the page." -- Kirkus Reviews "Lyrically written with a deep sense of place and music. There is so much joy within the pages that the sorrow hits hard and emotions rise and fall and rise again like a vocalist running scales." -- ALA Booklist "Brown makes a small town in North Carolina-where everyone knows everyone, and the outside world comes in via Appalachian Trail hikers-feel real, but the heart of the story is Amber, as she tries to find herself, love, and her voice." -- Publishers Weekly "The writing shines when Amber describes the feelings that singing awakens in her. One could wish for an accompanying soundtrack." -- Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)