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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Seventeen-year-old Mira lives in a small island beach town off the coast of New Jersey year-round, and when a devastating superstorm strikes she will face the storm's wrath and the destruction it leaves behind alone.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>On Haven, a six-mile long, half-mile-wide stretch of barrier island, Mira Banul and her Year-Rounder friends have proudly risen to every challenge. But then a superstorm defies all predictions and devastates the island, upending all logic and stranding Mira's mother and brother on the mainland. Nothing will ever be the same. A stranger appears in the wreck of Mira's home. A friend obsessed with vanishing disappears. As the mysteries deepen, Mira must find the strength to carry on--to somehow hold her memories in place while learning to trust a radically reinvented future. Gripping and poetic, <i>This Is the Story of You</i> is about the beauty of nature and the power of family, about finding hope in the wake of tragedy and recovery in the face of overwhelming loss.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>«A moving epic of a super storm and how it unravels the lives of those caught in the midst.-VOYA: Voice of Youth Advocates, starred review<br><br>A beautiful story.-Tim Wynne-Jones, winner of the Boston-Globe Horn Book Award for Blink Caution<br><br>A powerful, gorgeous novel-Dana Reinhardt, award-winning author of The Things a Brother Knows and We Are the Goldens<br><br>An exploration of the unrelenting power of nature and a reminder of the one thing in the world that is irreplaceable: family.--Booklist<br><br>Relatable characters and a poetic style.-Publishers Weekly<br><br>Showcases real life, the power of nature, and the power of people in the midst of disaster.--Cleaver Magazine<br><br>Smart, poignant, an absolute pleasure to read.--BookPage<br><br>This beautifully written book works on many levels and is rich in its characterization, emotion, language, and hint of mystery.--School Library Journal, starred review<br><br>This isn't your ordinary disaster story.--Bustle.com<br><br>We fall in love with Kephart more and more every year--Bookpage<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Beth Kephart is the award-winning author of books for both adults and young readers, including <i>Going Over</i> and <i>This Is the Story of You</i>. She lives in Devon, Pennsylvania, and teaches creative nonfiction at the University of Pennsylvania.

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