'I love you. I'm sorry for what I did to you. I'm going to write it all down, explain everything that happened, why I broke your heart, and then I'm going to email it to you. I will be waiting for you at 5 p.m. Friday by the windmill hole at the crazy golf at the Pier where we played once. If you still want me then, when you're done reading this, come and get me. OK? Consider this the most screwed up love letter ever.' So begins Nick Lake's brilliant tour de force romance which introduces readers to Cassie, a New Jersey Shore teen who, over the course of one summer, experiences the exhilarating highs of new love, the frightening free falls of personal demons and family tragedy, and the bumps along the way to forgiveness, acceptance, and self-discovery. Told entirely through flashbacks, readers will savour every moment of Cassie's relationship with a boardwalk boy and race to the last page to discover how it all ends.

Printz winner Nick Lake delivers an emotionally gut-wrenching love story told in reverse in this riveting, heart-rending summer romance

About the Author
Nick Lake is the much acclaimed author of In Darkness, winner of the Michael L. Printz Award; Hostage Three, which received three starred reviews and was named a Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal and Boston Globe Best Book of the Year; and There Will Be Lies. He is also the Publishing Director for fiction at HarperCollins Children's Books UK. Nick lives near Oxford, England. www.in-darkness.org @NicholasLake

Reviews
A scintillating, challenging, contemporary novel by the author of There Will Be Lies * Metro *
Perplexing and disorienting, full of the rich language and heady epiphanies readers have come to expect from the Printz Award-winning author * School Library Journal, starred review, on There Will Be Lies *
Impressively unpredictable - a motley mix of taut thriller, transportive fantasy, and poignant coming-of-age ...Shelby narrates the surreal implosion of her life in an indignant, funny voice, a la Judy Blume * Entertainment Weekly on There Will Be Lies *
A rare joy to behold * Booklist on There Will Be Lies *
Suspenseful, complicated ... A fine exploration of the power of story itself * Kirkus Reviews on There Will Be Lies *
Lake returns to the mix of reality and fantasy he used to great success in his Printz-winning In Darkness ... Shelby is highly sympathetic * Publishers Weekly on There Will Be Lies *
A twisty drama suffused with elements of folklore * Wall Street Journal on There Will Be Lies *
A strange and beautiful story that truly deserves to be read. Do not hesitate to add this to your collection * VOYA on There Will Be Lies *
A resonant story of survival * BCCB on There Will Be Lies *
Vivid and poignant * School Library Journal, starred review, on Hostage Three *
Lake continues to practice his craft at a high level * The Horn Book on There Will Be Lies *
A startling but successful feat of literary imagination * Publishers Weekly, starred review, on In Darkness *



Book Information
ISBN 9781408853863
Author Nick Lake
Format Paperback
Page Count 544
Imprint Bloomsbury Childrens Books
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 430g