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LOOKING FOR GROUP
A brave, timely YA debut about two misfit teens – one in remission from cancer, one in the throes of discovering her gender identity-who embark on a cross-country road trip.
Dylan does not have a lot of experience with comfort. His room in the falling-down Village Estates apartments can generously be categorized as “squalid,” and he sure as hell is not getting any love from his mother, who seemed to – no, definitely did – enjoy the perks that went along with being the parent of a “cancer kid.” Now that Dylan’s suddenly cancer-free, all he is left with is a lingering oxycontin addiction and a hunger for something-anything-but the life he’s known.
His only escape has been his favorite video game – World of Warcraft – and the one true friend who makes him feel understood: Nuba. Dylan met Nuba playing Warcraft online and now he wants to take her on a real mission, one he never thought he would live to set out on: a journey to a mysterious ship in the middle of the Salton Sea.
But Nuba — real name Arden — is fighting her own battles, ones that Dylan cannot always help her win. As they navigate their way west, they grapple with Nuba’s father, who refuses to recognize his daughter’s true gender; Dylan’s addiction; and the messy, complicated romance fighting so hard to blossom through the cracks of their battle-hardened hearts.
Rory Harrison’s beautiful YA debut novel about identity, home, and fresh starts explores the heartbreaking work of discovering a world where you can thrive, one quest at a time.
Rory Harrison is the pen name of Saundra Mitchell, the author of Shadowed Summer, The Vespertine, The Springsweet, The Elementals and Mistwalker. She is also the editor of the YA anthology Defy the Dark. Writing as Jessa Holbrook, she published her first romantic contemporary YA with Razorbill, While You’re Away. In summer 2014, she debuted Wild, her first YA novel writing as Alex Mallory. In her free time, she enjoys fandom, studying history, papermaking, and spending time with her family. She wrote Looking for Group in part for her child, who is transgender.
His only escape has been his favorite video game – World of Warcraft – and the one true friend who makes him feel understood: Nuba. Dylan met Nuba playing Warcraft online and now he wants to take her on a real mission, one he never thought he would live to set out on: a journey to a mysterious ship in the middle of the Salton Sea.
But Nuba — real name Arden — is fighting her own battles, ones that Dylan cannot always help her win. As they navigate their way west, they grapple with Nuba’s father, who refuses to recognize his daughter’s true gender; Dylan’s addiction; and the messy, complicated romance fighting so hard to blossom through the cracks of their battle-hardened hearts.
Rory Harrison’s beautiful YA debut novel about identity, home, and fresh starts explores the heartbreaking work of discovering a world where you can thrive, one quest at a time.
Rory Harrison is the pen name of Saundra Mitchell, the author of Shadowed Summer, The Vespertine, The Springsweet, The Elementals and Mistwalker. She is also the editor of the YA anthology Defy the Dark. Writing as Jessa Holbrook, she published her first romantic contemporary YA with Razorbill, While You’re Away. In summer 2014, she debuted Wild, her first YA novel writing as Alex Mallory. In her free time, she enjoys fandom, studying history, papermaking, and spending time with her family. She wrote Looking for Group in part for her child, who is transgender.
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Published 2017-04-25 by HarperCollins |