Seventeen-year-old Charlie Davis, a white girl living on the margins, thinks she has little reason to live: her father drowned himself her bereft and abusive mother kicked her out her best friend, Ellis, is nearly brain dead after cutting too deeply and she's gone through unspeakable experiences living on the street.
There’s not much plot here, but readers will relish the opportunity to climb inside Autumn’s head.Īfter surviving a suicide attempt, a fragile teen isn't sure she can endure without cutting herself. Even secondary characters are well-rounded, with their own histories and motivations. Autumn’s coming-of-age is sensitively chronicled, with a wide range of experiences and events shaping her character.
But on August 8, everything changes, and Autumn has to rely on all her strength to move on. In the summer after graduation, Autumn and Finny reconnect and are finally ready to be more than friends. Growing up, Autumn and Finny were like peas in a pod despite their differences: Autumn is “quirky and odd,” while Finny is “sweet and shy and everyone like him.” But in eighth grade, Autumn and Finny stop being friends due to an unexpected kiss. They drift apart and find new friends, but their friendship keeps asserting itself at parties, shared holiday gatherings and random encounters. The finely drawn characters capture readers’ attention in this debut.Īutumn and Phineas, nicknamed Finny, were born a week apart their mothers are still best friends. Katie’s illness is often mentioned but its daily effects are rarely detailed, making it seem a distant threat, until, predictably, it isn’t. The romance is cloyingly sweet Charlie’s perfection knows no bounds. The problem is, she can’t bear to tell him about her illness, and it’s only a matter of time before he finds out. Soon, the two embark on the romance Katie had only dreamed of, meeting at night and exploring their small town. As fate would have it, Charlie is at the station, too. One night, Katie takes her guitar to the train station-a passionate musician, she longs for a larger audience than just her father. But the solar shades blocking the UV light from her windows can’t stop her from noticing her crush, Charlie Reed, as he passes by. She lives a limited life, sequestered at home with her father, socializing with her only friend, sleeping during the day, and doing online schooling at night.
It’s a severe sensitivity to sunlight that leads to skin cancer and a painful death if she has any exposure to the sun. In first grade, not long after her mother’s death, Katie Price was diagnosed with XP, or xeroderma pigmentosum. A girl with a rare genetic condition that forces her to hide from the sun falls hard for a boy the summer after graduation.
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