Nic Stone

From the New York Times bestselling author of the Dear Martin series comes a spin-off novel written in prose and letters-in-verse about a thirteen-year-old girl. As she navigates cancer, family challenges, and newfound friendship during her initial chemo treatment, she discovers that hope can bloom in the most unexpected places. "Absolutely incredible-I read it in one sitting and finished in tears.
Stone shows so much care and nuance here. Dasia will stay with me forever." -Andrea Beatriz Arango, author of Newbery Honor book Iveliz Explains it All "Unflinching, fearless, and strikingly original." -Soman Chainani, author of the bestselling School for Good and Evil series and Young WorldAfter nineteen days of "induction chemotherapy, " Dasia Monae Riley knows no one else should be in her hospital room .