Break to You

Bestselling author of Scythe and Challenger Deep Neal Shusterman,here with coauthors Debra Young and Michelle Knowldentells an intense yet tender story of two teenstrapped in impossible circumstances and unjust systemswilling to risk everything for love–no matter the consequences. Adriana knows that if she can manage to keep her head down for the next seven monthsshe might be able to get through her sentence in the Compass juvenile detention center. Thankfullyshe’s allowed to keep her journalwhere she writes down her most private thoughts when her feelings get too big. Until the day she opens her journal and discovers that her thoughts are no longer so private. Someone has read her writings–and has written back. A boy who lives on the other side of the gender-divided detention center. A boy who sparks a fire in her to write back. Jon’s story is different than Adriana’s; he’s already been at Compass for years and will be in the system for years to come. Stillwhen he reads the words Adriana writes to himit makes him feel like the walls that hold them in have melted away. This fast-pacedhighly compelling tour de force novel exposes what life is like in detention–and reveals the hearts of two teens who are forced to live in desperate circumstances.