{"product_id":"well-fly-away-9780062494276","title":"We'll Fly Away","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNational Book Award Longlist Title * \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBooklist Editors' Choice * \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCYBILS Young Adult Fiction Finalist * \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNerdy Book Club Award for Best Young Adult Fiction * \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaste Magazine Best Book *YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A compelling and raw story.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"[Bliss dares] his readers not only to see the depths of human complexity, but to care\u003c\/strong\u003e.\"--\u003cem\u003eBooklist \u003c\/em\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLuke and Toby have always had each other's backs. \u003cstrong\u003eBut then one choice--or maybe it is a series of choices--sets them down an irrevocable path.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eWe'll Fly Away\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eweaves together Luke and Toby's senior year of high school with letters Luke writes to Toby later--from death row.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBest friends since childhood, Luke and Toby have dreamed of one thing: getting out of their dead-end town. Soon they finally will, riding the tails of Luke's wrestling scholarship, never looking back. If they don't drift apart first. If Toby's abusive dad, or Luke's unreliable mom, or anything else their complicated lives throw at them doesn't get in the way.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTense and emotional, this hard-hitting novel explores family abuse, sex, love, and friendship, and how far people will go to protect those they love. For fans of Jason Reynolds, Marieke Nijkamp, and NPR's \u003cem\u003eSerial \u003c\/em\u003epodcast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eWe'll Fly Away: \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Bryan Bliss has written \u003cstrong\u003ean empathetic and stirring novel about what it means to fight for the outcasts, the forgotten, and even the hated\u003c\/strong\u003e, reminding us that we all have worth. That we are all valuable.\"--Sister Helen Prejean, author of \u003cem\u003eDead Man Walking\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A poignant story of loyalty, abuse, and poverty. . . . This compassionate and beautifully rendered novel \u003cstrong\u003epacks an emotional punch\u003c\/strong\u003e.\"--\u003cem\u003eKirkus\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eReviews\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eA smart, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003erugged\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e, all-too-true story of friendship under fire.\u003c\/strong\u003e Believable characters and page-turning tension.\"--Chris Crutcher, author of \u003cem\u003eStaying Fat for Sarah Byrnes\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This fast-paced read will have teens tearing through chapters to find out why Luke is in jail. . . . The conclusion will leave them devastated. 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