"I was intrigued by Our Little World from the chilling first paragraph. It's a coming-of-age novel complicated by a tragic and untimely death, and it's also a novel about two sisters you will never forget. I fell in love with the confidence of the writing and the colorful nostalgia of the mid-'80s details. Our Little World will transport and transfix you."тАФElin Hilderbrand
July 1985. ItтАЩs a normal, sweltering New Jersey summer for soon-to-be seventh grader Bee Kocsis. Her thoughts center only on sunny days spent at Deer Chase Lake, on evenings chasing fireflies around her cul-de-sac with the neighborhood kids, and on Max, the boy who just moved in across the street. There's also the burgeoning┬аworry that she'll never be as special as her younger sister, Audrina, who seems to effortlessly dazzle wherever she goes.┬а
But when MaxтАЩs little sister, Sally, goes missing at the lake, BeeтАЩs long-held illusion of stability is shattered in an instant. As the families in her close-knit community turn inward, suspicious and protective, things in BeeтАЩs own home become increasingly strained, most of all with Audrina, when a shameful secret surfaces. With everything changed, Bee and AudrinaтАЩs already-fraught sisterhood is pushed to the limit as they grow upтАФand apartтАФin the wake of an innocence lost too soon.┬а
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Perfect for readers of Celeste NgтАЩs Everything I Never Told You, Our Little World is a powerful and lyrical coming-of-age story that examines the complicated bond of sisterhood, the corrosive power of envy, and how the traumas of our youths can shape our identities for a lifetime.