Description: Guys and girls get together, get played, and get real. Who Am I Without Him? is a Booklist Top Ten Romance Novel for Teens and is "breaking new and necessary ground"* in twelve short stories about guys and girls falling in and out of love and relationships, testing out ways to communicate with one another, respect each other--and respect themselves. This is a complex, often humorous, and always on-point exploration of today's teens determined to find love and self-worth . . . any way they know how.
Brief description:
Sharon Flake is the author of the award-winning novel, The Skin I'm In, which was named a Publishers Weekly Flying Start. Since then she has become a multiple Coretta Scott King Award-winner and has been hailed as the voice of middle-grade youth by the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. Many of her novels have received Notable Book and Best Book for Young Adults citations from the American Library Association. Her writing has been applauded for its on-point narrative that explores issues affecting teens from all walks of life. She lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.