I Hope You Get This Message
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HarperCollins · Ebook · October 22, 2019
In this high concept YA novel debut that’s We All Looked Up meets The Sun Is Also a Star, three teens must face down the mistakes of their past after they learn that life on Earth might end in less than a week.
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- Who it’s for
- An uncertain countdown gives three teens a reason to face old hurts and decide what matters.
- Themes
- Impending apocalypse, Forgiveness and estrangement, Searching for an absent parent
- Pacing
- Fast
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In this high concept YA novel debut that’s We All Looked Up meets The Sun Is Also a Star, three teens must face down the mistakes of their past after they learn that life on Earth might end in less than a week. News stations across the country are reporting mysterious messages that Earth has been receiving from a planet—Alma—claiming to be its creator. If they’re being interpreted correctly, in seven days Alma will hit the kill switch on their “colony” Earth.
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True or not, for teenagers Jesse Hewitt, Cate Collins, and Adeem Khan, the prospect of this ticking time bomb will change their lives forever. Jesse, who has been dealt one bad blow after another, wonders if it even matters what happens to the world. Cate, on the other hand, is desperate to use this time to find the father she never met. And Adeem, who hasn’t spoken to his estranged sister in years, must find out if he has it in him to forgive her for leaving. With only a week to face their truths and right their wrongs, Jesse, Cate, and Adeem’s paths collide as their worlds are pulled apart.
Seven Days, Big Questions
An uncertain countdown gives three teens a reason to face old hurts and decide what matters.
Come here for
- A collision of alien-contact suspense and intimate personal stakes
- Three teenagers reckoning with regret, family, and forgiveness
Expect
- A weeklong countdown with the end of the world in question
- Interwoven paths shaped by sharply different unfinished business
Where it sits
| Alien Contact for Teens | 85% |
|---|---|
| YA LGBTQ+ | 51% |
| Coming of Age | 47% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Diverse YA Fiction
- YA Family Stories
- YA Blended Family Stories
- YA LGBTQ+
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- Contemporary YA Romance
- YA Romance - LGBTQ+
- Multicultural & Interracial YA Romance
- YA Sci-Fi Romance
- Authors
- Farah Naz Rishi
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- October 22, 2019
- Format
- Ebook
- Theme
- Impending apocalypse · Forgiveness and estrangement · Searching for an absent parent
- Reading lane
- Diverse YA Fiction