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Emmy just wants to be in charge of her own life. She wants to stay out late, surf at her favorite beach?go anywhere without her parents' relentless worrying. But Emmy's parents can't seem to let her go?not since the day ten years ago when her best friend, Oliver, disappeared. Oliver needs a moment to figure it all out. He'd thought, all these years, that his father was the good guy. He never knew that his dad had kidnapped him and kept him on the run. Discovering it all at once?and returning to his old hometown?has his heart aching and his thoughts swirling. Emmy & Oliver were going to be best…mehr

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Emmy just wants to be in charge of her own life. She wants to stay out late, surf at her favorite beach?go anywhere without her parents' relentless worrying. But Emmy's parents can't seem to let her go?not since the day ten years ago when her best friend, Oliver, disappeared. Oliver needs a moment to figure it all out. He'd thought, all these years, that his father was the good guy. He never knew that his dad had kidnapped him and kept him on the run. Discovering it all at once?and returning to his old hometown?has his heart aching and his thoughts swirling. Emmy & Oliver were going to be best friends forever. They could have been even more, before their futures were ripped apart. To Emmy, despite the space and time between them, their connection has never been severed. But is their story still meant to be? Or are their hearts like the pieces of two different puzzles?impossible to fit together?
Autorenporträt
Robin Benway is a National Book Award-winning and New York Times -bestselling author of nine novels for young people, including Far From the Tree, Audrey, Wait!, the AKA series, and Emmy & Oliver. Her books have received numerous awards and recognition, including the PEN America Literary Award, the Blue Ribbon Award from the Bulletin for the Center of Children's Books, ALA's Best Books for Young Adults, and ALA's Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults. In addition, her novels have received starred reviews from Bookpage, Kirkus, Booklist, and Publishers Weekly, and have been published in more than 25 countries. Her sixth novel, Far From the Tree, won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, the PEN America Award, and was named one of the best books of the year by The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, NPR, PBS, Entertainment Weekly, and the Boston Globe. In addition to her fictional work, her non-fiction work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Bustle, Elle, and more. Her newest book, The Girls of Skylark Lane, will be in stores in Fall 2024. Robin grew up in Orange County, California, attended NYU, where she was a recipient of the Seth Barkas Prize for Creative Writing, and is a graduate of UCLA. She currently lives in Los Angeles with her dog, Hudson.