You Don't Have to Die in the End by Anita Daher

You Don't Have to Die in the End

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Anita Daher

Great Plains Publications · Ebook · April 1, 2020

Shortlisted for the 2021 McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award Nominated for the Forest of Reading White Pine Award!

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Who it’s for
An unsparing, compassionate read about pain, hard truths, and the uncertain work of turning things around.
Genres
Teen Suicide, Addiction & Substance Use for Teens, Death & Grief for Teens
Published
Great Plains Publications, April 1, 2020

About this book

Shortlisted for the 2021 McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award Nominated for the Forest of Reading White Pine Award! Shortlisted for the McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award! Eugenia Grimm is a tough girl living in a tough town at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. She drinks and fights and pushes against expectations. She is also hurting: after her father died by suicide, her older brothers drifted away and her mother up and left.

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After a last-straw violent incident and faced with the possibility of incarceration, she is sentenced to time at an Intensive Support and Supervision Program located at a remote mountain ranch. There, she begins to make connections, explore difficult truths, and might even turn things around-until a series of events pull her into a dark spiral she may not have the strength to resist. [T]he characters - therapists and troubled youth alike - have an inviting combination of snarkiness and depth. - Quill & Quire . . .many serious themes are woven into the story, but there is also the wonderful appreciation of what can be achieved if only people are given the time, encouragement and incentive to work out their problems and improve their lives. - CM Magazine

Rough Edges, Real Hope

An unsparing, compassionate read about pain, hard truths, and the uncertain work of turning things around.

Come here for

  • A sharp-edged story about grief, anger, and the possibility of connection
  • Teen struggles treated with snark as well as depth

Expect

  • Heavy themes, including suicide, grief, drinking, and violence
  • A dark turn alongside moments of connection and hope

Where it sits

Teen Suicide71%
Addiction & Substance Use for Teens69%
Death & Grief for Teens34%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Coming of Age
  • Death & Grief for Teens
  • Addiction & Substance Use for Teens
Authors
Anita Daher
Publisher
Great Plains Publications
Published
April 1, 2020
Format
Ebook
Reading lane
Coming of Age