The Liar's Guide to the Night Sky
The Liar's Guide to the Night Sky
November 3, 2020 (Sky Pony Press)
"The Liar's Guide to the Night Sky is Shrum's best book to date; a survival tale lit with sparks. A winter thriller that combines witty dialogue with a slow-burning romance, Liar's Guide is the book every teen needs in their life this year. Shrum's plot hurtles forward unceasingly, and even the coldest readers will find their hearts lit by the romance between Hallie and Jonah." -Colleen Oakes, author of The Black Coats
"As ever, Shrum, author of Kissing Ezra Holtz (and Other Things I Did for Science), creates characters who are notable for their complex identities: Afro-Latino Jonah is a pansexual aromantic, while bisexual Hallie's complicated relationship with her parents enables a deeper exploration of Jewish cultural norms. This clear-eyed examination of trust, sex, and family dynamics is enhanced by vivid, lucid prose and a thrilling plot." -Publishers Weekly
Perfect for fans of the New York Times bestselling novel, Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch
It's no one's fault that Hallie Jacob is alone. That her grandpa got sick half a world away and so her parents yanked her to Colorado the last semester of her senior year. That career-wise, she's specialized in fighting fire, and now she's surrounded by ice, snow, and a thousand cousins she's half-banned from hanging around with. But that's what's happened. That's what her December looks like.
On one big family weekend in the freaking tundra, Hallie sneaks off with those cousins to an abandoned ski slope. But they get caught in a random mudslide, and what started as a Secret Bonfire Party goes in a Potential Donner Party direction real fast. With some cousins in desperate need of medical attention, Hallie leaves their camp for help-and is surprised when Jonah Ramirez (her cousin's extremely off-limits-absurdly hot-best friend) joins her.
Facing paralyzing temperatures, sharp-toothed animals strong enough to survive a climate with hardly any water or air, and weather phenomena so wicked they'll wreck a mountain before you can blink, Jonah and Hallie have no choice but to trust each other as they search for the way to town to send help back to their stranded friends and family. And THAT may be more impossible, even, than making it out alive.
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