It is surprising, generous, thoughtful, honest and it paints a picture of the time after childhood and before youth more honestly than I have ever seen depicted.' Where the Writer Comes to Write ' Goodbye Stranger is the kind of book you might call a revelation. ' a profound appreciation for the young people she writes for.She creates the kind of situations that would shatter a vulnerable thirteen-year-old girl but somehow manages to do so with a deft, light touch full of empathy and humour.' Readings teenage characters are so real, and charming and likeable, even when they're not making the best decisions.I will continue to sing the praises of this new book well into the rest of the year (and probably much longer).' Middle Chapter ' Goodbye Stranger was such a pleasure to read. 'An unforgettable book about young girls coming of age written with wit and compassion.' ReadPlus 'Rebecca Stead's story is multi-layered and sumptuous, beautifully plotted and a real page-turner.' Alpha Reader The author keeps all her balls in the air until she catches them safely with ineffable grace.' STARRED Review, School Library Journal ' filled with humor, delightful coincidences, and the sorts of things.that escalate in ways that can seem life-shattering to a 13-year-old. Winsome, bighearted, and altogether rewarding.' STARRED Review, Booklist 'Stead shows how strongly love of all kinds can smooth the juddering path toward adulthood. ' captures the stomach-churning moments of a misstep or an unplanned betrayal and reworks these events with grace, humour, and polish into possibilities for kindness and redemption. 'This memorable story about female friendships, silly bets, different kinds of love, and bad decisions is authentic in detail and emotion-another Stead hallmark.' STARRED Review, Publishers Weekly She lives in New York City with her family. Rebecca Stead is the author of four novels: First Light, When You Reach Me (a New York Times bestseller and Newbery Medal winner), Liar & Spy ( Guardian Children's Fiction Prize winner and New York Times bestseller) and, most recently, Goodbye Stranger. Goodbye Stranger is a tender and intricate story about friendships, and love, and the pain of sometimes making the wrong choices. And when Emily starts texting pictures of herself to Patrick, Bridge and Tab find themselves complicit in a naïve plan that quickly spirals out of control.Īnd while the three friends navigate the challenges of their changing friendship, another story-of betrayal and remorse-keeps you guessing until the very end. Bridge meets Sherm, and is soon excited and confused by her new, strange feelings. Now, two years later, they're stillīest friends, but other things are changing.
Back in grade five, Bridge, Tabitha and Emily made a pact.
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