Meet Me Here

In a single night--graduation night--Thomas has to decide: do what everyone has always expected of him, or forge an entirely new path? Bryan Bliss's absorbing examination of one boy struggling with expectations and realities will appeal to readers of Sara Zarr and Chris Crutcher.

Thomas is supposed to leave for the Army in the morning. His father was Army. His brother, Jake, is Army--is a hero, even, with the medals to prove it. Everyone expects Thomas to follow in that fine tradition. But Jake came back from overseas a completely different person, and that has shaken Thomas's certainty about his own future. And so when his long-estranged friend Mallory suggests one last night of adventure, Thomas takes her up on the distraction. Over the course of this single night, Thomas will lose, find, resolve, doubt, drive, explore, and leap off a bridge. He'll also face the truth of his brother's post-traumatic stress disorder and of his own courage. In Bryan Bliss's deft hands, graduation night becomes a night to find yourself, to find each other, to find a path, and to know that you always have a place--and people--to come back to.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Published: 05/31/2016
ISBN: 9780062275387
Pages: 272
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.80w x 0.90d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2016
Booklist 04/01/2016 pg. 68
Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2016 - Recommended - Readable
School Library Journal 04/01/2016 pg. 161
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2016 pg. 96
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2016 - Superior,Well Above Average