Six starred reviews
A bold and irreverent YA novel that powerfully reminds us that there are many different types of remarkable, The Rest of Just Live Here is from novelist Patrick Ness, author of the Carnegie Medal- and Kate Greenaway Medal-winning A Monster Calls and the critically acclaimed Chaos Walking trilogy.
What if you aren't the Chosen One? The one who's supposed to fight the zombies, or the soul-eating ghosts, or whatever the heck this new thing is, with the blue lights and the death?
What if you're like Mikey? Who just wants to graduate and go to prom and maybe finally work up the courage to ask Henna out before someone goes and blows up the high school. Again.
Because sometimes there are problems bigger than this week's end of the world, and sometimes you just have to find the extraordinary in your ordinary life.
Even if your best friend is worshipped by mountain lions.
ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults * Cooperative Children's Book Center CCBC Choice * Michael Printz Award shortlist * Kirkus Best Book of the Year * VOYA Perfect Ten * NYPL Top Ten Best Books of the Year for Teens * Chicago Public Library Best Teen Books of the Year * Publishers Marketplace Buzz Books * ABC Best Books for Children * Bank Street Best Books List
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Quill Tree Books
Published: 10/06/2015
ISBN: 9780062403162
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 8.56h x 6.00w x 1.00d
Review Citations: Booklist 07/01/2015 pg. 58
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2015
Publishers Weekly 08/03/2015
School Library Journal 09/01/2015 pg. 170
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2015 pg. 112
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2015 pg. 105 - Book Of Special Distinction
BookPage 10/01/2015
Shelf Awareness 10/16/2015
New York Times Book Review 11/08/2015 pg. 35
Kirkus Best Young-Adult Books 12/01/2015 pg. 64
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2015 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 177141 / Rest of Us Just Live Here
Reading Level: 4.6 /
Interest Level: Upper Grade /
Point Value: 9