Young Adult Fiction Sexual Abuse)
Forever Julia
Ghost Stories from the Heart of the Continent
- Publisher
- Great Plains Publications
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2015
- Category
- Sexual Abuse), Dating & Sex, Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
- Recommended Age
- 13 to 18
- Recommended Grade
- 8 to 12
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781927855201
- Publish Date
- Apr 2015
- List Price
- $14.95
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Description
Winner of the McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award!
Selected for the Best Books For Kids & Teens 2015
Six months ago, Julia's life was perfect. Then her dad died. Now she lives with her grieving mother and sick grandmother in a puny apartment above their bookstore. After a dark bout of depression, Julia is fragile, and mourns both her father and her old life. But she has one thing to be happy about: Jeremy, the most popular boy at school, has chosen her. Jeremy's love for Julia is passionate, even obsessive. As she grows closer to Jeremy, Julia pushes her disapproving friends and family away. But Jeremy only becomes more controlling and Julia has to decide what lines cannot be crossed.
Julia's story is one that needs to be told . . . [a]uthor Jodi Carmichael writes about life as a teenager with humour and insight, showing how easy it is for peer pressure and the need to be loved to lead to risky behaviour. - Quill & Quire
Carmichael's writing is vivid and her depiction of Julia's feelings and actions feels authentic and contemporary. This is a young writer to watch. - Winnipeg Free Press
About the author
Jodi Carmichael is a multi-award-winning author and a champion for the underdog and for kids who think differently. Like Lou in The U-nique Lou Fox, Jodi has ADHD and celebrates the creativity, empathy, and adventurousness it brings to her life. Her other books include the YA novel Forever Julia which won The Manitoba Book Award and the Bronze Moonbeam Award, the middle-grade novel Family of Spies: Paris, and the chapter book Spaghetti Is Not a Finger Food and Other Life Lessons, which won the Silver Moonbeam Award and the Silver Benjamin Franklin Award. Jodi lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba with her family.
Editorial Reviews
"Carmichael's writing is vivid and her depiction of Julia's feelings and actions feels authentic and contemporary. This is a young writer to watch." - Winnipeg Free Press "a story filled with realistic characters who reveal truths about ourselves." - CM Magazine "a story filled with realistic characters who reveal truths about ourselves." - CM Magazine "Julia's story is one that needs to be told author Jodi Carmichael writes about life as a teenager with humour and insight, showing how easy it is for peer pressure and the need to be loved to lead to risky behaviour." - Quill & Quire "Jodi Carmichael gets inside of this Julia and gives her a true voice" - CanLit for Little Canadians
