Taylor Before And After

In journal entries alternating between two timelines—before and after a tragic accident—Jennie Englunds heartfelt comingofage story Taylor Before and After follows the year that changes one girl’s life forever. Before Taylor Harper is finally popular sitting with the cool kids at lunch and maybe just maybe getting invited to the biggest most exclusive party of the year. After no one talks to her. Before she’s friends with Brielle Branson the coolest girl in school. After Brielle has become a bully and Taylor’s her favorite target. Before home isn’t perfect but at least her family is together. After Mom won’t get out of bed Dad won’t stop yelling and Eli... Eli’s gone. Through everything Taylor has her notebook a diary of the year that one fatal accident tears her life apart. In entries alternating between the first and second semester of her eighthgrade year she navigates joy and grief gain and loss hope and depression. How can Taylor pick up the pieces of what used to be her social life How can her house ever feel like home again after everything that’s happened And how can she move forward if she can’t stop looking back An Imprint Book Powerful... A resonant look at comingofage. —Kirkus Reviews A Junior Library Guild Selection