Descriptions, Reviews, etc.
Description:
Told in two voices, Josie and Delia struggle with growing up and growing apart as they face tough decisions about their post-high school futures and the fate of their weekly cable television show.
Review Quotes: One of Buzzfeed's Best YA Books Winter 2019
One of Paste Magazine's 10 Most Anticipated Young Adult Books of 2019
As in his award-winning
The Serpent King (2016), Zentner packs a poignantly satisfying blend of wit and pathos, with lovable and unpredictable characters. . . . Readers looking for an unforgettable slice of small-town angst will love this one.
--Starred Review, Booklist Zentner's quick-witted, charming characters tackle real-life issues with snappy dialogue and engaging levity.
--Starred Review, Publishers Weekly Zentner nails his teen characters, their longings, and their motivations, and the first chapters are downright hilarious.
--Kirkus Reviews [A] heartfelt story of a friendship in transition, fueled by funny, rapid-fire dialogue.
--Horn Book A quirky fun, read that will give teens all the feels.
--School Library Journal [W]ill no doubt offer hope to readers who want to stay friends when post-high school plans take them in very different directions.
-- The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books As funny as it is bittersweet.
--Shelf Awareness PRAISE FOR Goodbye Days: Jeff Zentner, you perfectly fill the John-Green-sized hole in our heart.
--Justine Magazine "Evocative, heartbreaking, and beautifully written.
--Buzzfeed Zentner does an excellent job in creating empathetic characters, especially his protagonist Carver, a budding writer whose first-person account of his plight is artful evidence of his talent.
Starred Review, Booklist Racial tensions, spoiled reputations, and broken homes all play roles in an often raw meditation on grief and the futility of entertaining what-ifs when faced with awful, irreversible events.
--Starred Review, Publishers Weekly [E]xquisite and tragic.
--Starred Review, Shelf Awareness An organic, frequently raw narrative.
--Horn Book PRAISE FOR The Serpent King: A William C. Morris Award WinnerA New York Times Notable BookA Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the YearA Publishers Weekly Best Book of the YearA BuzzFeed Best YA Book of the YearAn Indie Next List Top Ten SelectionA Paste Magazine and popcrush.com Most Anticipated YA Book of the YearA Publishers Weekly Spring 2016 Flying Start "Will fill the infinite space that was left in your chest after you finished
The Perks of Being a Wallflower." --BookRiot "As funny and witty as it is utterly heartbreaking." --
Paste Magazine "A love letter to the South from a man who really understands it." --
Mashable "Zentner's great achievement -- particularly impressive for a first novel -- is to make us believe three such different people could be friends. He also manages to blend a dank, oppressive, Flannery O'Connor-esque sense of place with humor and optimism .... I adored all three of these characters and the way they talked to and loved one another." --
New York Times Book Review
