
Something Happened to Ali Greenleaf
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Penguin Young Readers Group · Ebook · October 6, 2020
"Ali Greenleaf's story is complex and beautifully told; full of fury, heartbreak, and hope." --Kathleen Glasgow, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces and How to Make Friends With the Dark Ali Greenleaf and Blythe Jensen couldn't be more different.
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- Who it’s for
- A tense, readable pick for discussing hard things without the usual gloss.
- Genres
- Surviving Sexual Abuse, Friendship for Teens, Abuse & Trauma for Teens
- Published
- Penguin Young Readers Group, October 6, 2020
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"Ali Greenleaf's story is complex and beautifully told; full of fury, heartbreak, and hope." --Kathleen Glasgow, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces and How to Make Friends With the Dark Ali Greenleaf and Blythe Jensen couldn't be more different. Ali is sweet, bitingly funny, and just a little naive. Blythe is beautiful, terrifying, and the most popular girl in school.
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They've never even talked to each other, until a party when Ali decides she'll finally make her move on Sean Nessel, her longtime crush and the soccer team's superstar. But Sean pushes Ali farther than she wants to go. When she resists--he rapes her. Blythe sees Ali when she runs from the party, everyone sees her. And Blythe knows something happened with Sean; she knows how he treats girls. Even so, she's his best friend, his confidant. When he tells her it was a misunderstanding, she decides to help him make things right. So Blythe befriends Ali, bringing her into a circle of ruthless popular girls, and sharing her own dark secrets. Despite the betrayal at the heart of their relationship, they see each other, in a way no one ever has before. In her searing, empowering debut novel, Hayley Krischer tells the story of what happened that night, and how it shaped Ali and Blythe forever. Both girls are survivors in their own ways, and while their friendship might not be built to last, it's one that empowers each of them to find justice on their own terms.
Why It Clicks
A tense, readable pick for discussing hard things without the usual gloss.
Come here for
- conversation-ready stakes
- edgy, playful YA realism
Expect
- book-club friction
- serious themes, direct language
Where it sits
| Surviving Sexual Abuse | 96% |
|---|---|
| Abuse & Trauma for Teens | 39% |
| Friendship for Teens | 33% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Stories About Girls & Women
- Friendship for Teens
- Surviving Sexual Abuse
- Authors
- Hayley Krischer
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- October 6, 2020
- Format
- Ebook
- Reading lane
- YA Stories About Girls & Women