Name: The Other Side of Blue
ISBN: 9780547417400

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

Grief in Full Color

A tender, unsettled read about grief, family distance, and the shades between.

Come here for

A young voice navigating grief and a widening gap with her mother
Family tensions with a possible stepsister in the mix

Expect

A return to Curaçao shadowed by a father’s mysterious accident
A summer of secrets and shifting feelings

Book Details

Authors: Valerie O. Patterson
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: October 19, 2009
Format: Ebook
Theme: Death & Grief for Teens · YA Stories About Parents
Reading lane: Death & Grief for Teens

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Publisher Categories

YA Art & Artists
Coming of Age
YA Stories About Parents
YA Blended Family Stories

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YA Mysteries
Caribbean & Latin America for Teens
Death & Grief for Teens
Depression for Teens

About This Book

Cyan was named after a shade of blue, her artist mother's favorite color. The color of the sea. Since her father's death last year, she’s felt just as mercurial and dark as her namesake, and the distance between Cyan and her mother has grown as wide as an ocean. Now they're returning to the island of Curaçao in the Caribbean, where her father's mysterious accident occurred, and joining them will be Kammi--who may soon become a stepsister. Haunted by the secrets of the past,...

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Cyan was named after a shade of blue, her artist mother's favorite color. The color of the sea. Since her father's death last year, she’s felt just as mercurial and dark as her namesake, and the distance between Cyan and her mother has grown as wide as an ocean. Now they're returning to the island of Curaçao in the Caribbean, where her father's mysterious accident occurred, and joining them will be Kammi--who may soon become a stepsister. Haunted by the secrets of the past, Cyan will explore all the depths of her blueness this summer, discovering the light, the darkness, and the many shades in between that are within her—and within us all.