No One Is Alone
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- $18.99
Publisher Description
From bestselling author Rachel Vincent comes a gripping and heartfelt story about a girl faced with a shocking revelation when her mom dies and she's forced to move in with her father's "real" family.
Michaela is a junior in high school, living with her single mom. Her dad lives a few towns away and she only sees him on holidays and birthdays. They barely know each other, but Michaela is so close with her mom that she's never minded.
That is, until her mom dies suddenly, and Michaela has to move in with her dad . . . who reveals he's been married with kids all this time and she's the product of an affair. Before she can even grieve her mother, Michaela is thrust into a strange house with a stepmom and three half siblings. Including her new sister Emery, who is less than thrilled at the prospect of sharing her room. Especially when they both try out for the school musical and Emery's theater star ex-boyfriend suddenly seems interested in Michaela.
Can Michaela find a way to make a home with a family who didn't ask for her in the first place?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Sixteen-year-old Michaela Rutherford's world is upended when she's sent to live with her "pop-up parent" father in Bradford, Okla., following her mother's death. Once there, Michaela learns that she was the result of an affair and that her father had an entire family she never knew about. But even as she navigates living with her stepmother Cynthia and stepsiblings Gabe, 17; Emery, 16; and Cody, 12, she finds a niche at her new school when she lands the lead part of Cinderella in the prestigious theater department's production of Into the Woods. Unfortunately, theater is Emery's world, and handsome, charming Ben—whom Michaela quickly begins dating—is Emery's ex-boyfriend. As Michaela encroaches on Emery's territory, their already tense relationship implodes, and Michaela struggles to balance her own goals with the expectations of a family she just met. Certain plot elements conclude predictably, and the seemingly singular focus on Michaela and Emery's relationship causes Michaela's other familial dynamics to feel thinly developed in comparison. Nevertheless, Vincent's (Every Single Lie) imperfect characters are compassionately drawn, presenting a nuanced picture of one teen's feelings of displacement amid grief and guilt. All characters read as white. Ages 12–up.
