A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares
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From the author of Our Chemical Hearts comes the hilarious, reality-bending tale of two outsiders facing their greatest fears about life and love-one debilitating phobia at a time.
Ever since Esther Solar's grandfather was cursed by Death, everyone in...
Ever since Esther Solar's grandfather was cursed by Death, everyone in...
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From the author of Our Chemical Hearts comes the hilarious, reality-bending tale of two outsiders facing their greatest fears about life and love-one debilitating phobia at a time.Ever since Esther Solar's grandfather was cursed by Death, everyone in her family has been doomed to suffer one great fear in their lifetime. Esther's father is agoraphobic and hasn't left the basement in six years, her twin brother can't be in the dark without a light on, and her mother is terrified of bad luck.
The Solars are consumed by their fears and, according to the legend of the curse, destined to die from them.
Esther doesn't know what her great fear is yet (nor does she want to), a feat achieved by avoiding pretty much everything. Elevators, small spaces and crowds are all off-limits. So are haircuts, spiders, dolls, mirrors and three dozen other phobias she keeps a record of in her semi-definitive list of worst nightmares.
Then Esther is pickpocketed by Jonah Smallwood, an old elementary school classmate. Along with her phone, money and a fruit roll-up she'd been saving, Jonah also steals her list of fears. Despite the theft, Esther and Jonah become friends, and he sets a challenge for them: in an effort to break the curse that has crippled her family, they will meet every Sunday of senior year to work their way through the list, facing one terrifying fear at a time, including one that Esther hadn't counted on: love.
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1The Boy at the Bus Stop
ESTHER SOLAR had been waiting outside Lilac Hill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center for half an hour when she received word that the curse had struck again.
Rosemary Solar, her mother, explained over the phone that she would no longer, under any circumstances, be able to pick her daughter up. A cat black as night with demon-yellow slits for eyes had been found sitting atop the hood of the family car an omen dark enough to prevent her from driving.
Esther was unfazed. The spontaneous development of phobias was not a new phenomenon in the Solar family, and so she made her way to the bus stop four blocks from Lilac Hill, her red cape billowing in the evening breeze and drawing a few stares from strangers along the way.
On the walk, she thought about who normal people would call in a situation such as this. Her father was still interred in the basement he d confined himself to six years ago, Eugene was AWOL (Esther suspected he d slipped through another gap in reality it happened to Eugene from time to time), and her grandfather no longer possessed the fine motor skills required to operate a vehicle (not to mention that he couldn t remember that she was his granddaughter).
Basically, Esther had very few people who could bail her out of a crisis.
The bus stop was empty for a Friday night. Only one other person sat there, a tall black guy dressed like a character from a Wes Anderson movie, complete with lime-green corduroy pants, a suede jacket, and a beret pulled down over his hair. The boy was sobbing quietly, so Esther did what you re supposed to do when a complete stranger is showing too much emotion in your presence she ignored him completely. She sat next to him and took out her tattered copy of The Godfather and tried very hard to concentrate on reading it.
The lights above them hummed like a wasp s nest, flickering on and off. If Esther had kept her eyes down, the
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next year of her life would ve turned out quite differently, but she was a Solar, and Solars had a bad habit of sticking their noses where they didn t belong.
The boy sobbed dramatically. Esther looked up. A bruise was blooming across his cheekbone, plum-dark in the fluorescent light, and blood trickled from a split at his eyebrow. His patterned button up clearly donated to a thrift store sometime in the mid- 1970s was torn at the collar.
The boy sobbed again, then peeked sideways at her.
Esther generally avoided talking to people if it wasn t completely necessary; she sometimes avoided people even when it was completely necessary.
Hey, she said finally. You okay?
Think I got mugged, he said.
You think?
Can t remember. He pointed to the wound at his forehead. Took my phone and wallet though, so think I got mugged.
And that s when she recognized him. Jonah? Jonah Smallwood?
The years had changed him, but he still had the same wide eyes, the same strong jaw, the same intense stare he had even when he was a kid. He had more hair now: a shadow of stubble and a full head of thick black hair that sat up in a kind of pompadour style. Esther thought he resembled Finn from The Force Awakens, which was, as far as she was concerned, a very good way to look. He glanced at her, at the Jackson Pollock painting of dark freckles smattered across her face and chest and arms, at the mane of peach red hair that fell past her hips. Trying to place her. How do you know my name?
You don t remember me?
They d only been friends for a year, and they d only been eight at the time, but still. Esther felt a twinge of sadness th
The boy sobbed dramatically. Esther looked up. A bruise was blooming across his cheekbone, plum-dark in the fluorescent light, and blood trickled from a split at his eyebrow. His patterned button up clearly donated to a thrift store sometime in the mid- 1970s was torn at the collar.
The boy sobbed again, then peeked sideways at her.
Esther generally avoided talking to people if it wasn t completely necessary; she sometimes avoided people even when it was completely necessary.
Hey, she said finally. You okay?
Think I got mugged, he said.
You think?
Can t remember. He pointed to the wound at his forehead. Took my phone and wallet though, so think I got mugged.
And that s when she recognized him. Jonah? Jonah Smallwood?
The years had changed him, but he still had the same wide eyes, the same strong jaw, the same intense stare he had even when he was a kid. He had more hair now: a shadow of stubble and a full head of thick black hair that sat up in a kind of pompadour style. Esther thought he resembled Finn from The Force Awakens, which was, as far as she was concerned, a very good way to look. He glanced at her, at the Jackson Pollock painting of dark freckles smattered across her face and chest and arms, at the mane of peach red hair that fell past her hips. Trying to place her. How do you know my name?
You don t remember me?
They d only been friends for a year, and they d only been eight at the time, but still. Esther felt a twinge of sadness th
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Autoren-Porträt von Krystal Sutherland
Krystal Sutherland was born and raised in Townsville, Australia—an inhospitable land where crocodiles, snakes, and jellyfish are always on the prowl. She grew up living directly across the road from the local library and spent almost every day after school (and weekends, too) having adventures between the pages of books (mainly because it was too dangerous to go outside).She moved to Sydney for college (and safety), where she cut her writing teeth as the editor of the student magazine at the University of New South Wales. She kept gathering tales as an exchange student in Hong Kong and as a foreign correspondent in Amsterdam. Her first book, Our Chemical Hearts, was released in 2016, and was published in over twenty countries.
Her three greatest fears are heights, dark caves . . . and (perhaps worst of all) frogs.
Produktdetails
- Autor: Krystal Sutherland
- Altersempfehlung: Ab 14 Jahre
- 2018, 416 Seiten, Masse: 13,9 x 20,8 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Nancy Paulsen Books
- ISBN-10: 039954660X
- ISBN-13: 9780399546600
- Erscheinungsdatum: 19.08.2022
Sprache:
Englisch
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Praise for A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares:An Amazon Editor's Favorite YA Book for Fall 2017
An Amazon September Best of the Month Pick YA/Teens
A Hello Giggles Best of September Pick
A Bustle Best of September YA Pick
A 2017 B&N Best Young Adult Book
Imbue[d] with energy, fascinating histories, wisps of humor and, ultimately, grace. . . Equal parts inspiring and good fun. The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, starred review
[A] bewitching book . . . Sutherland's fertile imagination makes this book a deep dive into the intricacies of family, friends, and personal history. . . . A fresh and compelling look at mental illness. Kirkus Reviews
[A] darkly ironic tale about an offbeat dysfunctional family. Publishers Weekly
Rainbow Rowell devotees, John Green junkies, and fans of This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales will find a lot to love here. School Library Journal
[I]mmediately hooks readers . . . Libraries should purchase this for readers looking for something quite out of the ordinary. VOYA
Dark, magical, and humorous, this is a quirky and cohesive novel about fear, depression, and obsession with death. Booklist
[A] magical take on mental illness that feels very real. Bustle
The story is fantastic. Making the most of magic realism and with a perfectly paced plot, easy-to-love characters, and a touching array of interesting and relevant topics, Sutherland s book should be on everyone s bookshelves an alluring exploration of the human mental landscape. The Nerd Daily
Entirely pure pleasure, a sweet and heartfelt story of love, fear, and mental illness. It s funny and touching in all the best ways. Vox
Praise for Our Chemical Hearts:
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Indies Introduce Summer 2016 Pick
Autumn 2016 Kids' Indie Next List "Inspired Recommendations for Kids from Indie Booksellers"
The most romantic read of the season is an arguably anti-YA story It s the complex chemistry between Henry and Grace that touches the heart and doesn t let go. USA Today
Eloquently conveying the complexity of love and grief, debut novelist Sutherland creates a story filled with intriguing and memorable characters. Publishers Weekly
This much-buzzed-about debut captures the messy, awkward, all-consuming emotions of a teen s first love. Entertainment Weekly, Fall Books Preview
This magnificent debut from 26-year-old Australian author Krystal Sutherland tracks the unlikely romance of Henry Page and Grace Town, two very different teens chosen to edit their high school paper together You could probably learn a thing or two from [Henry s] and Grace s emotional odyssey. Teen Vogue, October s Best New YA Books
This book delves far deeper than the typical high school romance, and its savvy wordplay and Henry s self-deprecating charm will win over fans of Stephen Chbosky s The Perks of Being a Wallflower and John Green s The Fault in Our Stars. School Library Journal
I'm sorry to have to do this to you, but the love story of Henry and Grace is going to kick you in the emotional gut. Bustle, Best New YA Novels Coming in October
Autumn 2016 Kids' Indie Next List "Inspired Recommendations for Kids from Indie Booksellers"
The most romantic read of the season is an arguably anti-YA story It s the complex chemistry between Henry and Grace that touches the heart and doesn t let go. USA Today
Eloquently conveying the complexity of love and grief, debut novelist Sutherland creates a story filled with intriguing and memorable characters. Publishers Weekly
This much-buzzed-about debut captures the messy, awkward, all-consuming emotions of a teen s first love. Entertainment Weekly, Fall Books Preview
This magnificent debut from 26-year-old Australian author Krystal Sutherland tracks the unlikely romance of Henry Page and Grace Town, two very different teens chosen to edit their high school paper together You could probably learn a thing or two from [Henry s] and Grace s emotional odyssey. Teen Vogue, October s Best New YA Books
This book delves far deeper than the typical high school romance, and its savvy wordplay and Henry s self-deprecating charm will win over fans of Stephen Chbosky s The Perks of Being a Wallflower and John Green s The Fault in Our Stars. School Library Journal
I'm sorry to have to do this to you, but the love story of Henry and Grace is going to kick you in the emotional gut. Bustle, Best New YA Novels Coming in October
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