{"product_id":"falling-into-place-isbn-9780062295040","title":"Falling into Place","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne cold fall day, high school junior Liz Emerson steers her car into a tree. This haunting and heartbreaking story is told by a surprising and unexpected narrator and unfolds in nonlinear flashbacks even as Liz's friends, foes, and family gather at the hospital and Liz clings to life. This riveting debut will appeal to fans of \u003cem\u003eBefore I Fall\u003c\/em\u003e, by Lauren Oliver, and \u003cem\u003e13 Reasons Why\u003c\/em\u003e, by Jay Asher.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"On the day Liz Emerson tries to die, they had reviewed Newton's laws of motion in physics class. Then, after school, she put them into practice by running her Mercedes off the road.\" Why did Liz Emerson decide that the world would be better off without her? Why did she give up? The nonlinear novel pieces together the short and devastating life of Meridian High's most popular junior girl. Mass, acceleration, momentum, force—Liz didn't understand it in physics, and even as her Mercedes hurtles toward the tree, she doesn't understand it now. How do we impact one another? How do our actions reverberate? What does it mean to be a friend? To love someone? To be a daughter? Or a mother? Is life truly more than cause and effect? Amy Zhang's haunting and universal story will appeal to fans of Lauren Oliver, Gayle Forman, and Jay Asher.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eInertia, force, mass,\u003cbr\u003egravity, velocity,\u003cbr\u003eacceleration . . .\u003cbr\u003ecause and effect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiz Emerson doesn't\u003cbr\u003eunderstand any of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut I do.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI understand how we fall.\u003cbr\u003eWhere we fall. Why we fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI understand her sadness\u003cbr\u003eand loneliness and silence,\u003cbr\u003eher shattered heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt doesn't have to be\u003cbr\u003ethis way, does it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt wasn't always\u003cbr\u003ethis way, was it?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStay alive,\u003cbr\u003eLiz Emerson,\u003cbr\u003estay alive.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“The breezy yet powerful and exceptionally perceptive writing style, multifaceted characters, surprisingly hopeful ending, and pertinent contemporary themes frame an engrossing, thought-provoking story that will be snapped up by readers of Todd Mitchell’s Backwards and Gayle Forman’s If I Stay.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The haunting story of a suicide attempt gone awry as high school junior Liz Emerson drives her Mercedes off the road, winding up in a coma…Zhang writes with confidence and finesse, and many readers will be moved as Liz recognizes the lives she has damaged.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Amy Zhang crashes onto the YA scene with this debut novel about a physics student who puts Newton’s Laws of Motion into practice by driving her Mercedes into a tree. . . . A good pick for fans of Lauren Oliver’s Before I Fall and Gayle Forman’s If I Stay.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness for Readers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Insightful . . . it’s interesting to see the mean girl through the eyes of the people who love her, despite (and sometimes because of ) her flaws.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of the Center for Children’s Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An impressive debut . . . should appeal to readers who sobbed through Jay Asher’s Thirteen Reasons Why.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Greenwillow Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888734761189,"sku":"NP9780062295040","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062295040.jpg?v=1730229725","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/falling-into-place-isbn-9780062295040","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}