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Optimists die first : life ahead, proceed with caution / Susin Nielsen.
Award-winning author Susin Nielsen has written a laugh-out-loud and heartrending novel for fans of Robyn Schneider's Extraordinary Means and Cammie McGovern's Say What You Will. Beware: Life ahead. Sixteen-year-old Petula de Wilde is anything but wild. A former crafting fiend with a happy life, Petula shut herself off from the world after a family tragedy. She sees danger in all the ordinary things, like crossing the street, a bug bite, or a germy handshake. She knows: life is out to get you. The worst part of her week is her comically lame mandatory art therapy class with a small group of fellow misfits. Then a new boy, Jacob, appears at school and in her therapy group. He seems so normal and confident, though he has a prosthetic arm; and soon he teams up with Petula on a hilarious project, gradually inspiring her to let go of some of her fears. But as the two grow closer, a hidden truth behind why he's in the group could derail them, unless Petula takes a huge risk. . .
Record details
- ISBN: 9781524723033
- ISBN: 1524723037
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 sound file (5 hr., 1 min., 39 sec.)) : digital.
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: New York : Listening Library (Audio), 2017.
Content descriptions
| Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Julia Whelan. |
| Target Audience Note: | 9-12. |
| Source of Description Note: | Hard copy version record. |
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| Genre: | Fiction. Audiobooks. Downloadable audio books. |
