In this high concept YA novel debut that's We All Looked Up meets The Sun Is Also a Star, three teens must face down the mistakes of their past after they learn that life on Earth might end in less than a week.
News stations across the country are reporting mysterious messages that Earth has been receiving from a planet--Alma--claiming to be its creator. If they're being interpreted correctly, in seven days Alma will hit the kill switch on their "colony" Earth.
True or not, for teenagers Jesse Hewitt, Cate Collins, and Adeem Khan, the prospect of this ticking time bomb will change their lives forever.
Jesse, who has been dealt one bad blow after another, wonders if it even matters what happens to the world. Cate, on the other hand, is desperate to use this time to find the father she never met. And Adeem, who hasn't spoken to his estranged sister in years, must find out if he has it in him to forgive her for leaving.
With only a week to face their truths and right their wrongs, Jesse, Cate, and Adeem's paths collide as their worlds are pulled apart.
--Mark Oshiro, Schneider Award-winning author of
Anger Is a GiftBinding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Quill Tree Books
Published: 10/22/2019
ISBN: 9780062741455
Pages: 432
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.60d
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2019
Booklist 09/01/2019 pg. 103
Publishers Weekly 09/16/2019
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2019
School Library Journal 10/01/2019 pg. 87
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2019 pg. 96
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2019 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 507098 / I Hope You Get This Message
Reading Level: 5.6 /
Interest Level: Upper Grade /
Point Value: 14
