Goodbye Days
Jeff Zentner
Hardcover
(Crown Books for Young Readers, March 7, 2017)
âGorgeous, heartbreaking, and ultimately life-affirming.â âNicola Yoon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything.Perfect for fans of Turtles All the Way Down,Thirteen Reasons Why, and Zentner's own The Serpent King, one of the most highly acclaimed YA novels of 2016, Goodbye Days asks what you would do if you could spend one last day with someone you lost.Where are you guys? Text me back. That's the last message Carver Briggs will ever send his three best friends, Mars, Eli, and Blake. He never thought that it would lead to their death.Now Carver canât stop blaming himself for the accident and even worse, a powerful judge is pressuring the district attorney to open up a criminal investigation. Luckily, Carver has some unexpected allies: Eliâs girlfriend, the only person to stand by him at school; Dr. Mendez, his new therapist; and Blakeâs grandmother, who asks Carver to spend a âgoodbye dayâ together to share their memories and say a proper farewell. Soon the other families are asking for their own goodbye day with Carverâbut heâs unsure of their motives. Will they all be able to make peace with their losses, or will these goodbye days bring Carver one step closer to a complete breakdown orâeven worseâprison?"Jeff Zentner, you perfectly fill the John-Green-sized hole in our heart." âJustine MagazineâEvocative, heartbreaking, and beautifully written." âBuzzfeed"Masterful." âTeenVogue.comâHold on to your heart: this book will wreck you, fix you, and most definitely change you.â âBecky Albertalli, Morris Award-winning author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda