Hold Still

By Nina LaCour
(Dutton Juvenile, Hardcover, 9780525421559, 304pp.)

Publication Date: October 20, 2009

Other Editions of This Title: Paperback, Compact Disc, Hardcover

Categories: Social Issues - Depression & Mental Illness, Social Issues - Friendship, Social Issues - Suicide

Selected by Indie Booksellers for the Winter 2009 Kids' List

“Hold Still is a great read, full of honesty and self-reflection in the wake of a suicide. Despite the serious subject, themes of hope and resilience anchor the story, creating an introspective platform from which to travel through devastating loss and grief.”

-- Josie Kelley, Orinda Books, Orinda, CA

Description

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

A Discussion Guide to Hold Still by Nina LaCour (Easy Print Version)

About the Author

Nina LaCour is a high school English teacher and former bookseller. Her stories and interviews have appeared in various journals and magazines, including 580 Split and Juxtapoz. Her first screenplay, If It Isn't Perfect, was made into a short film. A San Francisco Bay area native, Nina lives in Oakland, California. This is her first novel.

This book is on these lists:

Delota's Wish List by delota
Summer Teen Reads by aarmstrong
YA by celesi
Kiany's Wish List by kiany
Breezy's Wish List by breezy
Cait's Wish List by cait
Kcb123's Wish List by kcb123
Scarr's Wish List by scarr
KIDSBUZZ FEATURES by dsloanandco
Wrtluvonherarms's Wish List by wrtluvonherarms

All lists >>

- More Indie Next Lists -

	Flight Behavior Barbara Kingsolver Harper
	The Art Forger Barbara Shapiro Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
	Sweeth Tooth Ian McEwan Nan A. Talese
	The Light Between Oceans ML Steadman Scribner