Hold Still
Hold Still
Bereavement Children's Books - Young Adult Fiction Children: Young Adult (Gr. 10-12) Depression & Mental Illness Emotions & Feelings Fiction Friendship General General fiction (Children's Grief Interpersonal Relations Juvenile Fiction Psychological fiction Social Issues Social Issues - Depression & Mental Illness Social Issues - Friendship Social Issues - Suicide Suicide YA) Young Adult Fiction
EDITORIAL REVIEW:
An arresting story about starting over after a friend’s suicide, froma breakthrough new voice in YA fiction
*dear caitlin, there are so many things that i want so badly to tell you but i just can’t.*
Devastating, hopeful, hopeless, playful . . . in words and illustrations, Ingrid left behind a painful farewell in her journal for Caitlin. Now Caitlin is left alone, by loss and by choice, struggling to find renewed hope in the wake of her best friend’s suicide. With the help of family and newfound friends, Caitlin will encounter first love, broaden her horizons, and start to realize that true friendship didn’t die with Ingrid. And the journal which once seemed only to chronicle Ingrid’s descent into depression, becomes the tool by which Caitlin once again reaches out to all those who loved Ingrid—and Caitlin herself