Break to You

Bestselling author of Scythe and Challenger Deep Neal Shusterman, here with coauthors Debra Young and Michelle Knowlden, tells an intense yet tender story of two teens, trapped in impossible circumstances and unjust systems, willing to risk everything for love--no matter the consequences.

Adriana knows that if she can manage to keep her head down for the next seven months, she might be able to get through her sentence in the Compass juvenile detention center. Thankfully, she's allowed to keep her journal, where she writes down her most private thoughts when her feelings get too big.

Until the day she opens her journal and discovers that her thoughts are no longer so private. Someone has read her writings--and has written back. A boy who lives on the other side of the gender-divided detention center. A boy who sparks a fire in her to write back.

Jon's story is different than Adriana's; he's already been at Compass for years and will be in the system for years to come. Still, when he reads the words Adriana writes to him, it makes him feel like the walls that hold them in have melted away.

This fast-paced, highly compelling tour de force novel exposes what life is like in detention--and reveals the hearts of two teens who are forced to live in desperate circumstances.

Author: Neal Shusterman, Debra Young, Michelle Knowlden
Publisher: Quill Tree Books
Published: 07/02/2024
Pages: 432
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.35h x 5.59w x 1.42d
ISBN: 9780062875761
Audience: Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/01/2024
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2024
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 06/01/2024
Booklist 06/01/2024 pg. 77
School Library Journal 07/01/2024 pg. 72
Shelf Awareness 06/29/2024