Speed of Life

Age Level: 11 and up | Grade Level: 6 to 8Dear Kate" knows all of Sofia''s secrets. . . and she''s dating the one person Sofia is hiding them fromSofia lost her mother eight months ago, and her friends were 100% there for her. Now it''s a new year a... Read more

Age Level: 11 and up | Grade Level: 6 to 8
Dear Kate" knows all of Sofia''s secrets. . . and she''s dating the one person Sofia is hiding them from
Sofia lost her mother eight months ago, and her friends were 100% there for her. Now it''s a new year and they''re ready for Sofia to move on.
Problem is, Sofia can''t bounce back, can''t recharge like a cellphone. She decides to write Dear Kate, an advice columnist for Fifteen Magazine, and issurprised to receive a fast reply. Soon the two are exchanging emails, and Sofia opens up and spills all, including a few worries that are totally embarrassing. Turns out even advice columnists don''t have all the answers, and one day Sofia learns a secret that flips her world upside down.
SPEED OF LIFE is the heartbreaking, heartwarming story of a girl who thinks her life is over when really it''s just beginning. It''s a novel about love, family, grief, and growing up.
2018 Best Fiction for Young Adults - American Library Association
A 2018 Best Children''s Book of the Year - Bank Street College of Education
2017 Best Fiction for Older Readers - Chicago Public Library
2019-2020 Young Hoosier Book Award Longlist
Four STARRED Reviews
Great for parents and educators looking for:
A tale of grief, love, and what it means to grow up
"Carol Weston''s perceptive, funny, and moving new novel. . . I laughed out loud and I teared up while reading this novel. I will eagerly place it on my daughter''s bookshelf, so that she, like Sofia, can find her own resilience and voice in our painful, joyful, speeding world."-New York Times
"A wonderful book that takes us from loss to laughter."-Richard Peck, author of The Best Man and Newbery Gold Medalist A Year Down Yonder
"You won''t want to put it down. But my advice is slow down and savor this delightful book, full of carino, funny and heartfelt, and (spoiler alert) not just for teens."-Julia Alvarez, author of In the Time of the Butterflies and Return to Sender
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