From award-winning author McCall Hoyle comes a new young adult novel, Meet the Sky, a story of love, letting go, and the unstoppable power of nature.
It all started with the accident. The one that caused Sophieâs dad to walk out of her life. The one that left Sophieâs older sister, Meredith, barely able to walk at all.
With nothing but pain in her past, all Sophie wants is to plan for the futureâkeep the family business running, get accepted to veterinary school, and protect her mom and sister from another disaster. But when a hurricane forms off the coast of North Carolinaâs Outer Banks and heads right toward their island, Sophie realizes nature is one thing she canât control.
After she gets separated from her family during the evacuation, Sophie finds herself trapped on the island with the last person sheâd have chosenâthe reckless and wild Finn Sanders, who broke her heart freshman year. As they struggle to find safety, Sophie learns that Finn has suffered his own heartbreak; but instead of playing it safe, Finnâs become the kind of guy who goes surfing in the eye of the hurricane. He may be the perfect person to remind Sophie how to embrace life again, but only if their newfound friendship can survive the storm.
Praise for McCall Hoyleâs debut novel, The Thing with Feathers:
âBeautiful, touching, and bursting with hope.â
Pintip Dunn, award-winning and New York Times bestselling author
âHeartfelt and affecting. Hoyle tells a familiar story, but does so in a voice that is rarely heard, and that makes all the difference.â
Leah Thomas, William C. Morris Award finalist and author of Because Youâll Never Meet Me and Nowhere Near You
âThe inspiring story of one girlâs struggle not to be defined by her illness, The Thing with Feathers soars as it explores what it means to liveâand loveâwithout fear.â
Kathryn Holmes, author of How It Feels to Fly
âA refreshing, quality debutâmeaningfully woven and beautifully engaging, from the first page to the last.â
YA Books Central (5 stars)
McCall Hoyle writes honest YA novels about friendship, first love, and girls finding the strength to overcome great challenges. She is a high school English teacher. Her own less-than-perfect teenage experiences and those of the girls she teaches inspire many of the struggles in her books. When sheâs not reading or writing, sheâs spending time with her family and their odd assortment of petsâa food-obsessed beagle, a grumpy rescue cat, and a three-and-a-half-legged kitten. She has an English degree from Columbia College and a masterâs degree from Georgia State University. She lives in a cottage in the woods in North Georgia where she reads and writes every day. Learn more at mcallhoyle.com.