Sorry for Your Loss [9780062571915]

Overview

From Printz Honor winner and Morris Award finalist Jessie Ann Foley comes a comitragic YA novel that will appeal to fans of Jandy Nelson and Jeff Zentner.

As the youngest of eight, painfully average Pup Flanagan is used to flying under the radar. He’s barely passing his classes. He lets his longtime crush walk all over him. And he’s in no hurry to decide on a college path.

The only person who ever made him think he could be more was his older brother Patrick. But that was before Patrick died suddenly, leaving Pup with a family who won’t talk about it and acquaintances who just keep saying, “sorry for your loss.”

When Pup excels at a photography assignment he thought he’d bomb, things start to come into focus. His dream girl shows her true colors. An unexpected friend exposes Pup to a whole new world, right under his nose.

And the photograph that was supposed to show Pup a way out of his grief ultimately reveals someone else who is still stuck in their own. Someone with a secret regret Pup never could have imagined.

Winner of the 2020-2021 North Star YA Award

Named to YALSA's Best Fiction for Young Adults List

What happens when the only way to move forward is to uncover the secrets tearing your family apart?

• A Gut-Wrenching Story of Grief: After his older brother Patrick’s sudden death, Pup Flanagan is navigating a world of sorrow his tight-knit family refuses to acknowledge.
• The Power of Photography: A single art class assignment opens up a new world for Pup, giving him a way to see his family—and himself—in a new light.
• A Complex Story of Brotherhood: While mourning one brother, Pup is forced to confront the painful secrets of another, captured in a single, devastating photograph.
• A Heartfelt Chicago-Set Story: Perfect for fans of Jeff Zentner and Jandy Nelson, this moving novel explores the messy, complicated, and unbreakable bonds of family.