I borrow the car again from Grandma and drive out to my hill. I scream I am a big fat zero, plus I am swearing off kissing forever, and I hate being a secret sex fiend, about sixteen times each. Then I sit very still and watch a hawk swirl over the fields. I have to get a new life before I go crazy. Sixteen-year-old Morgan lives in a hick town. Her mum was killed in a car accident when she was two, her dad drinks, and her stepmother is a non-entity. Her boyfriend Derek is boring and she can't stop staring at her co-worker Rob's cute butt. Then there's the kiss she shared with her neighbor Tessa. But when Morgan discovers a devastating secret about the one person she completely trusted, her entire world crashes and she must redefine her life and herself. Compelling and complex, "The Sky Always Hears Me" is a fast-paced narrative with raw humour and a heart-wrenching twist.

 

This book was recognised in the YA category by the Minnesota Book Award.

There are 264 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by North Star Editions .

Kirstin Cronn-Mills is the author of Minnesota Book Award finalist The Sky Always Hears Me And the Hills Don't Mind and Beautiful Music for Ugly Children. Cronn-Mills received her doctorate degree from Iowa State University and currently teaches in North Mankato, Minnesota, where she lives with her husband and son.