
The Art of Breaking Things
Penguin Young Readers Group · Hardcover · June 18, 2019
In the tradition of Laurie Halse Anderson and Sara Zarr, one girl embraces the power of her voice: rules are meant to be broken and she won't stay silent.
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- Genres
- Surviving Sexual Abuse, Coming of Age, YA Art & Artists
- Published
- Penguin Young Readers Group, June 18, 2019
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In the tradition of Laurie Halse Anderson and Sara Zarr, one girl embraces the power of her voice: rules are meant to be broken and she won't stay silent. Weekends are for partying with friends while trying to survive the mindnumbingness that is high school. The countdown to graduation is on, and Skye has her sights set on escaping to art school and not looking back.
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But her party-first-ask-questions-later lifestyle starts to crumble when her mom rekindles her romance with the man who betrayed Skye's boundaries when he was supposed to be protecting her. She was too young to understand what was happening at the time, but now she doesn't know whether to run as far away from him as possible or give up her dreams to save her little sister. The only problem is that no one knows what he did to her. How can she reveal the secret she's guarded for so long? With the help of her best friend and the only boy she's ever trusted, Skye might just find the courage she needs to let her art speak for her when she's out of words. After years of hiding her past, she must become her own best ally.
Hard-Edge Teen Fiction
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- teen-fic with a hard edge
- fandom-adjacent category fit
Expect
- emotional friction
- compact, category-shaped reading
Where it sits
| Surviving Sexual Abuse | 73% |
|---|---|
| YA Art & Artists | 42% |
| Coming of Age | 41% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- YA Art & Artists
- Friendship for Teens
- Surviving Sexual Abuse
- Authors
- Laura Sibson
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- June 18, 2019
- Format
- Hardcover
- Reading lane
- YA Art & Artists