Every Last Word by Tamara Ireland Stone

Every Last Word

Tamara Ireland Stone

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers · Hardcover · June 16, 2015

The New York Times bestselling, BookTok sensation, deeply moving novel of friendship, first love, mental health, and belonging, perfect for fans of Girl in Pieces and The Summer of Broken Rules.

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Who it’s for
A steady, reflective read with enough feeling to keep the pages moving.
Genres
Mental Illness for Teens, Contemporary YA Romance, Friendship for Teens
Published
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, June 16, 2015

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About this book

The New York Times bestselling, BookTok sensation, deeply moving novel of friendship, first love, mental health, and belonging, perfect for fans of Girl in Pieces and The Summer of Broken Rules. If you could read my mind, you wouldn't be smiling. Samantha McAllister looks just like the rest of the popular girls in her junior class.

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But hidden beneath the straightened hair and expertly applied makeup is a secret that her friends would never understand: Sam has Purely-Obsessional OCD and is consumed by a stream of dark thoughts and worries that she can't turn off. Second-guessing every move, thought, and word makes daily life a struggle, and it doesn't help that her lifelong friends will turn toxic at the first sign of a wrong outfit, wrong lunch, or wrong crush. Yet Sam knows she'd be truly crazy to leave the protection of the most popular girls in school. So when Sam meets Caroline, she has to keep her new friend with a refreshing sense of humor and no style a secret, right up there with Sam's weekly visits to her psychiatrist. Caroline introduces Sam to Poet's Corner, a hidden room and a tight-knit group of misfits who have been ignored by the school at large. Sam is drawn to them immediately, especially a guitar-playing guy with a talent for verse, and starts to discover a whole new side of herself. Slowly, she begins to feel more "normal" than she ever has as part of the popular crowd ... until she finds a new reason to question her sanity and all she holds dear.

Why It Clicks

A steady, reflective read with enough feeling to keep the pages moving.

Come here for

  • serious YA emotional stakes
  • friendship and romance threads

Expect

  • young adult lens
  • an immersive, sustained narrative read

Where it sits

Mental Illness for Teens92%
Friendship for Teens39%
Contemporary YA Romance36%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • YA Romance
  • Emotions & Feelings for Teens
  • Friendship for Teens
Authors
Tamara Ireland Stone
Publisher
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published
June 16, 2015
Format
Hardcover
Reading lane
YA Romance