Jack Kerouac is Dead to Me Jack Kerouac is Dead to Me

Jack Kerouac is Dead to Me

A Novel

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Publisher Description

"Jack Kerouac is Dead to Me is an absolutely real, raw and emotional read, and it's a book that touched my heart with every page." - Katie McGarry, critically acclaimed author of Only a Breath Apart

Fifteen-year-old JL Markham’s life used to be filled with carnival nights and hot summer days spent giggling with her forever best friend Aubrey about their families and boys. Together, they were unstoppable. But they aren’t the friends they once were.

With JL’s father gone on long term business, and her mother struggling with her mental illness, JL takes solace in the tropical butterflies she raises, and in her new, older boyfriend, Max Gordon. Max may be rough on the outside, but he has the soul of a poet (something Aubrey will never understand). Only, Max is about to graduate, and he's going to hit the road - with or without JL.

JL can't bear being left behind again. But what if devoting herself to Max not only means betraying her parents, but permanently losing the love of her best friend? What becomes of loyalty, when no one is loyal to you?

Gae Polisner’s Jack Kerouac is Dead to Me is a story about the fragility of female friendship, of falling in love and wondering if you are ready for more, and of the glimmers of hope we find by taking stock in ourselves.

GENRE
Young Adult
RELEASED
2020
April 7
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
288
Pages
PUBLISHER
St. Martin's Publishing Group
SELLER
Macmillan
SIZE
2.7
MB
AUDIENCE
Grades 9-13

Customer Reviews

BBezak ,

Another home run

As always Gae has grabbed hold of my brain and drew it into the midst of her story. She told this story with such clarity that my 16 year old self could feel every part of it. Again not wanting the story to end.
I am so privileged to be a minuscule fragment of her world. Thanks Gae.

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