For fans of The Grace Year and We Were Liars comesΒ a mesmerizing, can't-put-it-down psychological thrillerβa gender-flipped YA Great Gatsby that will linger long after the final line
On wealthy Commodore Island, Fern is watching and waitingβfor summer, for college, for her childhood best friend to decide he loves her. Then Ivy Avila lands on the island like a falling star. When Ivy shines on her, Fern feels seen. When they're together, Fern has purpose. She glimpses the secrets Ivy hides behind her fame, her fortune, the lavish parties she throws at her great glass house, and understands that Ivy hurts in ways Fern can't fathom. And soon, it's clear Ivy wants someone Fern can help her get. But as the two pull closer, Fern's cozy life on Commodore unravels: drought descends, fires burn, and a reckless night spins out of control. Everything Fern thought she understoodβabout her home, herself, the boy she loved, about Ivy Avilaβtwists and bends into something new. And Fern won't emerge the same person she was.
An enthralling, mind-altering fever dream, Tell Me My Name is about the cost of being a girl in a world that takes so much, and the enormity of what is regained when we take it back.
New York Times: "13 Y.A. Books to Add to Your Reading List This Spring"
"AΒ lush, gorgeously crafted page-turner." βJennifer Mathieu, author of Moxie
βAbsolutely took my breath away.β βGeek Mom
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"As much Hitchcockian suspense as Fitzgeraldβs tarnished glitz." βBCCB (starred review)
βAΒ kaleidoscope of light and shadow that will keep you flipping page after page.β βAmber Smith, author of The Way We Used to Be
βOnly Amy Reed could write a novel this dark, this gorgeous, this forward-looking while speaking to our present moment.β βWiley Cash,Β author of A Land More Kind Than Home
"The best kind of literary thrillerβone with as much conscience as pulse." βBrendan Kiely, co-author of All American Boys
βI havenβt felt this way since reading We Were Liarsβmind blown.β βJaye Robin Brown, author of Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit
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"Immersive [and] smartly written.β βSLJ (starred review)
"This novel is amazing . . . AΒ pulsating, hypnoticΒ retelling.β βLilliam Rivera, author of The Education of Margot Sanchez
βRelentlessly compelling . . .Β Reed's latest isΒ a literary thrill ride.β βKelly Jensen, author of (Donβt) Call Me Crazy and editor at BookRiot
"Takes the unreliable narrator to new levels . . . Mesmerizing." βSLC
β[A] harrowing tale of personal trauma in a violently polarized society.β βKirkus
βAΒ compelling and propulsive thriller.β βJeff Zentner, author of The Serpent King
"I barely breathed the last 100 pages.Β Simply stunning.β βMegan Shepherd, author of The Madman's Daughter