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EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL IS NOT RUINED

Danielle Younge-Ullman

Seventeen-year-old Ingrid Lalonde must survive three weeks at wilderness camp to prove to her family- and herself- that she is capable of pursuing her dreams. Although Ingrid is the opposite of a nature girl, she decides that a few weeks of campfires and marshmallows and maybe meeting some new friends, can't be that bad. At least it will distract her from pining over Isaac, the boy she left with no explanation. But Ingrid's so-called "new friends" turn out to be a bunch of screw-ups, lunatics and delinquents, all recovering from a variety of traumas and disasters, most of them a lot tougher than Ingrid, and the program is run like a boot camp. There's no escape, and there aren't any marshmallows. Ingrid doesn't have anything in common with this group of misfits. Doesn't she? Still, she made a deal with her mother to survive this summer, and she intends to keep her end of it. Even if it means facing the irrefutable truth - that Ingrid is as messed up, if not more so - than her camp mates. Because if Ingrid can't even survive her summer in the wilderness, how will she have the strength to go after the future she wants?
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Shortlisted for the Prix des Libraires du Quebec--ie Quebec Library Prize (Gallimard's French edition)

Nominated for a YALSA BFYA Award

Film rights licensed to Light the Girl Productions, a production company based in Canada with focus on features and shorts written by women with an emphasis on diverse stories. Started by Dharini Woollcombe, an actor who has appeared in Orphan Black, Metropia, and the movie, The Vow; Carin Moffat, an actor who has appeared in Saving Hope, and the movies Avenging Angelo (with Sylvester Stallone) and When Hope is Not Enough (with Winona Ryder); and writer Linda Palmieri.

Canada: Penguin Canada; Italy: Piemme; Denmark: Carlsen; France: Gallimard; Sweden: Lavender Lit; Holland: van Goor; Australia/New Zealand: Scholastic;

Shortlisted for the 2018 White Pine Award sponsored by the Ontario Library Association: Read more...

[...]Everything Beautiful Is Not Ruined is an emotionally resonant, fabulously crafted novel about a young woman figuring out who she is and dealing with some seriously devastating events in her life. Quill & Quire ( starred review) Read more...

Winner of the OLA White Pine Award. Read more...

Shortlisted for the Governor General's Award (the Canadian version of the National Book Awards): • Shortlisted for the 2018 White Pine Award sponsored by the Ontario Library Association: http://www.accessola.org/web/OLA/Forest_of_Reading/Awards_Nominees/White_Pine__Fiction_Nominees_2018.aspx • Shortlisted for the Prix des Libraires du Quebec--ie Quebec Library Prize (Gallimard's French edition) • Nominated for a YALSA BFYA Award Read more...

Absolutely compelling!! A heart-pounding wilderness adventure set against a deeply moving personal journey. You'll cheer Ingrid on every single step of the way. --Teresa Toten, award-winning author of The Unlikely Hero of Room 13B and upcoming Beware That Girl This compelling story about love, loss, and self-discovery took every one of my emotions on a beautiful journey. I loved it. -- Kasie West, author of The Fill-In Boyfriend