Young Adult Fiction Thrillers & Suspense
I Hope You're Listening
- Publisher
- Albert Whitman & Company
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2021
- Category
- Thrillers & Suspense, LGBT, Mysteries & Detective Stories
- Recommended Age
- 13 to 18
- Recommended Grade
- 8 to 12
- Recommended Reading age
- 13 to 18
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780807535080
- Publish Date
- Oct 2020
- List Price
- $24.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780807535134
- Publish Date
- Oct 2021
- List Price
- $13.99
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Description
2021 Lambda Literary Award - LGBTQ Mystery
2021 Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence Finalist for Best Juvenile or YA Crime Book
2021 Best Books for Kids & Teens starred selection, The Canadian Children's Book Centre
2022 TAYSHAS Reading List, Texas Library Association
2022 ALA Rainbow Book List
In her small town, seventeen year-old Delia "Dee" Skinner is known as the girl who wasn't taken. Ten years ago, she witnessed the abduction of her best friend, Sibby. And though she told the police everything she remembered, it wasn't enough. Sibby was never seen again. At night, Dee deals with her guilt by becoming someone else: the Seeker, the voice behind the popular true crime podcast Radio Silent, which features missing persons cases and works with online sleuths to solve them. Nobody knows Dee's the Seeker, and she plans to keep it that way. When another little girl goes missing, and the case is linked to Sibby's disappearance, Dee has a chance to get answers, with the help of her virtual detectives and the intriguing new girl at school. But how much is she willing to reveal about herself in order to uncover the truth? Dee’s about to find out what’s really at stake in unraveling the mystery of the little girls who vanished.
About the author
Tom Ryan is the award-winning author of several acclaimed books for young readers. He has been nominated for multiple awards, including the White Pine Award, the Ann Connor Brimer Award and the Amy Mathers Teen Book Award. His YA mystery Keep This to Yourself was the winner of the 2020 ITW Thriller Award for Best YA Thriller and the 2020 Arthur Ellis Award for Best YA Crime Book. Two of his books were Junior Library Guild selections, and three of his young adult novels, Way to Go, Tag Along and Keep This to Yourself, were chosen for the ALA Rainbow List, in 2013, 2014 and 2020. He was a 2017 Lambda Literary Fellow in Young Adult Fiction. Tom, his husband and their dog live in Nova Scotia.
Editorial Reviews
"Tom Ryan has created a spectacular melding of true crime podcast culture, coming of age, queerness, and taut kidnapping thriller. I Hope You're Listening is a sharply chiseled gem and an instant classic." —Derek Milman, author of Scream All Night
"Tom Ryan has crafted a thriller that tunnels through grief and comes out the other side in fullempowerment. Each brick of the plot is laid with purpose, and every twist tied off with expert precision, as it barrels toward a heart-pounding finish. There were moments reading I had trouble catching my breath. Not to be missed." —Kristen Simmons, author of the Article 5 series andThe Deceivers
"Award-winning Ryan, whose books have appeared on the ALA Rainbow List, has created a thrilling mystery for fans of Courtney Summers and Nancy Drew."—Booklist
"Dee's authentic, engaging perspective alternates between the day of Sibby’s kidnapping and the present, layered between episode transcripts that demonstrate her strengths as a storyteller and investigator...A compelling, satisfyingly queer mystery that explores human connection amid the pressures and pace of today’s news cycle."—Kirkus Reviews
"You'll fall in love with Dee and her unstoppable strength as she uncovers the clues to a painful disappearance the adults around her would rather forget." —Adam Sass, author of Surrender Your Sons
"Listen up, YA thriller fans and true crime addicts—Tom Ryan'sI Hope You're Listeningis a compelling mystery with a podcast I'd listen to in a heartbeat, characters I want to hang out with, and a pulse-pumping conclusion that will leave you reeling. Prepare to tune in and get hooked." —Kit Frick, author of I Killed Zoe Spanos and All Eyes on Us
"Compelling…a page-turner of a mystery with a strong lead character who is a member of the LGBTQ community make this book a winner."—School Library Journal
"A heart-pounding YA mystery/thriller that is at turns chilling, poignant, and nail-bitingly suspenseful." —Wendy Heard, author of She's Too Pretty to Burn
"Intriguing clues keep readers engrossed…Ryan's portrayal of the way a crime can create long-lasting impacts within a community is profound."—Publishers Weekly
Best Bets 2020 List
2021 Lambda Literary Award - LGBTQ Mystery
2021 Crime Writers of Canada Awards of Excellence Finalist for Best Juvenile or YA Crime Book
2021 Best Books for Kids & Teens starred selection, The Canadian Children's Book Centre
2022 TAYSHAS Reading List, Texas Library Association
2022 ALA Rainbow Book List
