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A Catalog of Burnt Objects
A Catalog of Burnt Objects | Shana Youngdahl
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The powerful story of a girl struggling to figure out her estranged brother, a new love, and her own life just as wildfires beset her small California town—perfect for fans of Nina LaCour and Kathleen Glasgow Seventeen-year-old Caprice wants to piece her family back together now that her older brother has returned home, even as she resents that he ever broke them apart. Just as she starts to get a new footing—falling in love for the first time, uncertainly mending her traumatized relationship with her brother, completing the app that will win her a college scholarship and a job in tech—wildfires strike Sierra, her small California town, forcing her to reckon with a future that is impossible to predict. A love story of many kinds, and a reflection of the terrifying, heartbreaking Camp Fire that destroyed Paradise, California, where the author grew up, this is a tale that looks at what is lost and discovers what remains, and how a family can be nearly destroyed again and again, and still survive. "Heart-wrenching and lyrical." —Jeff Zentner, author of In The Wild Light "Eloquent . . . well-drawn, realistic . . . Goes straight to the heart.” —Booklist (starred review) "Smart and moving . . . beautiful." —Kirkus (starred review) "A thoughtful, hopeful tight-rope walk between first loss and first love." —Daisy Garrison, author of Six More Months of June
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As a an older reader, I was impressed with Youngdahl's ability to share this story in a way that make me feel as if I was teen again. This book would be a great summer read, but I truly feel this is a book teens need in this moment when resiliency, love, compassion, and endurance are the mixed up hallmarks of their generation. Caprice's story is one that will allow many to process the confusing mix of feelings that is life in the 21st Century.