THE EDGE OF ANYTHING

Set in the mountainous outskirts of Asheville, North Carolina, this delicate, literary debut explores the transformative power of friendship and how it can help you find yourself and the goodness in life, even when everything feels broken.

Sage is a high school volleyball star desperate to find a way around her sudden medical disqualification. Lennon is a loner teen photographer with a guilty secret. As Sage's carefully planned life unravels and Len's past increasingly threatens her safety, the girls develop an unlikely bond, finding the strength to conquer their internal monsters in a place neither of them expected: each other.

The dual narrative of Sage and Len, teens from very different worlds, is deeply moving and the bond between them strong and utterly believable.

Nora Carpenter holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is the author of the picture book Yoga Frog (Running Press, 2018), and has a YA anthology coming in 2020 from Candlewick currently titled Rural Voices. Nora is also a yoga instructor, a mother of two boys, and a passionate environmentalist.