Young Adult Fiction Friendship
Year of Mistaken Discoveries
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2014
- Category
- Friendship, Death & Dying, Mysteries & Detective Stories
- Recommended Age
- 14 to 18
- Recommended Grade
- 9 to 12
- Recommended Reading age
- 14 to 18
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781442440227
- Publish Date
- Feb 2014
- List Price
- $19.99
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781442440241
- Publish Date
- Feb 2014
- List Price
- $8.99 USD
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781442440234
- Publish Date
- Jan 2015
- List Price
- $14.99
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Description
Friendship is a bond stronger than secrets in this novel from the author of The Almost Truth and Unraveling Isobel.
As first graders, Avery and Nora bonded over a special trait they shared—they were both adopted.
Years later, Avery is smart, popular, and on the cheerleading squad, while Nora spends her time on the fringes of school society, wearing black, reading esoteric poetry, and listening to obscure music. They never interact...until the night Nora approaches Avery at a party, saying it’s urgent. She tells Avery that she thought she found her birth mom—but it turned out to be a cruel lie. Avery feels for Nora, but returns to her friends at the party.
Then Avery learns that Nora overdosed on pills. Left to cope with Nora’s loss and questioning her own actions, Avery decides to honor her friend by launching a search for her own birth mother. Aided by Brody, a friend of Nora’s who is also looking for a way to respect Nora’s legacy, Avery embarks on an emotional quest. But what she’s really seeking might go far deeper than just genetics…
About the author
Eileen Cook spent most of her teen years wishing she were someone else or somewhere else, which is great training for a writer. She is the author of The Almost Truth, Unraveling Isobel, The Education of Hailey Kendrick, Getting Revenge on Lauren Wood, and What Would Emma Do? as well as the Fourth Grade Fairy series. She lives in Vancouver with her husband and dogs. Visit her at EileenCook.com.
Excerpt: Year of Mistaken Discoveries (by (author) Eileen Cook)
Other titles by
One Lie Too Many
You Owe Me a Murder
Fourth Grade Fairy Complete Collection (Boxed Set)
Fourth Grade Fairy; Wishes for Beginners; Gnome Invasion
The Hanging Girl
With Malice
With Malice
Remember
The Almost Truth
Unraveling Isobel
Used to Be
The Education of Hailey Kendrick; Getting Revenge on Lauren Wood