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A brilliant new young adult novel from 2018 Printz Award winner, Nina LaCour. Mila is used to being alone. Maybe that's why she said yes. Yes to a second chance in this remote place, among the flowers and the fog and the crash of waves far below. But she hadn't known about the ghosts. Newly graduated from high school, Mila has aged out of the foster-care system. So when she's offered a job and a place to live on an isolated part of the Californian coast, she immediately accepts. Maybe she will finally find a new home-a real home. The farm is a refuge, but it's also haunted by the past. And Mila's own memories are starting to rise to the surface. Nina LaCour, the award-winning author of We Are Okay, delivers another emotional knockout with Watch Over Me, a modern ghost story about trauma and survival, chosen family and rebirth.

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'Moving, unsettling, and full of atmospheric beauty' * School Library Journal, starred review * 'A painfully compelling gem from a masterful creator' * Booklist, starred review * 'Brims with tender moments and sensory details.' * Publishers Weekly (starred review) * 'I loved Watch Over Me-such a captivating mix of eerie and emotion, ghosts of the past and dreams for the future. Nina LaCour is a true storyteller.' * Simmone Howell * 'Gripping; an emotion-packed must-read.' * Kirkus Reviews (starred review) * 'This book is so presentient about the times we suddenly find ourselves in that I could feel the presence of my own ghost as I read it. Every sentence is a gift. Nina LaCour writes an enchanted world in which the resonances come from us, from our own need to mend what's broken inside us. Watch Over Me is a fairytale for who we are now, showing us a way to live in this world.' * Penni Russon * 'Beautifully crafted...A quietly moving, potent novel.' * School Library Journal on We Are Okay * 'A moving portrait of a girl struggling to rebound after everything she's known has been thrown into disarray.' * Publishers Weekly on We Are Okay * 'LaCour paints a captivating depiction of loss, bewilderment, and emotional paralysis...raw and beautiful.' * Booklist on We Are Okay *

'Beautifully crafted...A quietly moving, potent novel.' * School Library Journal on We Are Okay * 'A moving portrait of a girl struggling to rebound after everything she's known has been thrown into disarray.' * Publishers Weekly on We Are Okay * 'LaCour paints a captivating depiction of loss, bewilderment, and emotional paralysis...raw and beautiful.' * Booklist on We Are Okay *

'LaCour paints a captivating depiction of loss, bewilderment, and emotional paralysis...raw and beautiful.' * Booklist on We Are Okay * 'A moving portrait of a girl struggling to rebound after everything she's known has been thrown into disarray.' * Publishers Weekly on We Are Okay * 'Beautifully crafted...A quietly moving, potent novel.' * School Library Journal on We Are Okay * 'This book is so presentient about the times we suddenly find ourselves in that I could feel the presence of my own ghost as I read it. Every sentence is a gift. Nina LaCour writes an enchanted world in which the resonances come from us, from our own need to mend what's broken inside us. Watch Over Me is a fairytale for who we are now, showing us a way to live in this world.' * Penni Russon * 'Gripping; an emotion-packed must-read.' * Kirkus Reviews (starred review) * 'I loved Watch Over Me-such a captivating mix of eerie and emotion, ghosts of the past and dreams for the future. Nina LaCour is a true storyteller.' * Simmone Howell * 'Brims with tender moments and sensory details.' * Publishers Weekly (starred review) * 'A painfully compelling gem from a masterful creator' * Booklist, starred review * 'Moving, unsettling, and full of atmospheric beauty' * School Library Journal, starred review * 'Richly atmospheric and both haunting and hopeful, Watch Over Me is a rewarding novel about a young woman on the brink of a new life.' * BookPage * 'Watch Over Me will grip the reader until its powerful conclusion.' * ReadPlus * 'Lacour's skill in creating empathetic characters and exploring their inner feelings will please her teenage fans.' * Magpies *

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Nina LaCour is the author of the widely acclaimed novels Hold Still, The Disenchantments, Everything Leads to You, You Know Me Well (with David Levithan) and We Are Okay. She is also the host of Keeping a Notebook- A Podcast on Writing and founder of the Slow Novel Lab. Nina lives with her family in San Francisco, California.

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