The Odds of Loving Grover Cleveland by Rebekah Crane audiobook

The Odds of Loving Grover Cleveland

By Rebekah Crane
Read by Caitlin Kelly

Brilliance Audio 9781531846015

Unabridged

Format : CD (In Stock)
  • ISBN: 9781531846015

Runtime: 7.80 Hours
Category: Fiction/Romance
Audience: Young Adult (12–17)
Language: English

Summary

Summary

A Bustle Pick of 8 Best YA Books of December 2016 

Finalist for the 2016 RT Book Reviews Award for Best Contemporary YA Novel

According to sixteen-year-old Zander Osborne, nowhere is an actual place—and she’s just fine there. But her parents insist that she get out of her head—and her home state—and attend Camp Padua, a summer camp for at-risk teens.

Zander does not fit in—or so she thinks. She has only one word for her fellow campers: crazy. In fact, the whole camp population exists somewhere between disaster and diagnosis. There’s her cabinmate Cassie, a self-described manic-depressive-bipolar-anorexic. Grover Cleveland (yes, like the president), a cute but confrontational boy who expects to be schizophrenic someday, odds being what they are. And Bek, a charmingly confounding pathological liar.

But amid group “share-apy” sessions and forbidden late-night outings, unlikely friendships form, and as the Michigan summer heats up, the four teens begin to reveal their tragic secrets. Zander finds herself inextricably drawn to Grover’s earnest charms, and she begins to wonder if she could be happy. But first she must come completely unraveled to have any hope of putting herself back together again.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“Caitlin Kelly narrates from the viewpoint of Zander Osborne, a sixteen-year-old girl…[and] provides unique voices for the dialogue of everyone in Zander’s world…Kelly reads Zander’s story in an even tone that grows in intensity and urgency as Zander breaks out of her shell and engages with the world around her for the first time in years. Kelly deftly conveys how these teens come together to find themselves.” AudioFile
“The true beauty of Crane’s book lies in the way she handles the ugly, painful details of real life, showing the glimmering humanity beneath the façades of even her most troubled characters…Crane shows, with enormous heart and wisdom, how even the unlikeliest of friendships can give us the strength we need to keep on fighting.” RT Book Reviews (4½ stars, Top Pick!)
“A great read for teens, especially girls, and a strong candidate for cross-generation discussion.” VOYA
One of Bustle’s 8 Best YA Books of December 2016
It is a great read for teens, especially girls, and a strong candidate for cross-generation discussion. VOYA
Now that the title has captured our attention, I have even better news: No, this book isn't a history lesson about a president. Much more wonderfully, it centers on teenager Zander Osborne, who meets a boy named Grover Cleveland at a camp for at-risk youth. Together, the two and other kids who face bipolar disorder, anorexia, pathological lying, schizophrenia, and other obstacles use their group therapy sessions to break down and build themselves back up. And as Zander gets closer to Grover, she wonders if happiness is actually a possibility for her after all. Bustle
The true beauty of Crane’s book lies in the way she handles the ugly, painful details of real life, showing the glimmering humanity beneath the façades of even her most troubled characters. As these characterizations deepen, and the sweetly strange romance between the heroine and her hero develops, readers will only be pulled deeper into this addictive, readable journey. Crane shows, with enormous heart and wisdom, how even the unlikeliest of friendships can give us the strength we need to keep on fighting. RT Book Reviews (Top Pick)

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Author

Author Bio: Rebekah Crane

Author Bio: Rebekah Crane

Rebekah Crane is the author of several critically acclaimed young adult novels, including Only the Pretty Lies, Postcards for a Songbird, The Infinite Pieces of Us, The Upside of Falling Down, The Odds of Loving Grover Cleveland, Aspen, and Playing Nice. A former high school English teacher, Crane now lives in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, where the altitude only enhances the writing experience. For more information about the author and her work, visit RebekahCrane.com.

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Available Formats : CD
Category: Fiction/Romance
Runtime: 7.80
Audience: Young Adult (12–17)
Language: English