Every Last Word -- Tamara Ireland Stone, Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling, BookTok sensation, deeply moving novel of friendship, first love, mental health, and belonging, perfect for fans of Girl in Pieces and The Summer of Broken Rules.

If you could read my mind, you wouldn't be smiling.

Samantha McAllister looks just like the rest of the popular girls in her junior class. But hidden beneath the straightened hair and expertly applied makeup is a secret that her friends would never understand: Sam has Purely-Obsessional OCD and is consumed by a stream of dark thoughts and worries that she can't turn off.

Second-guessing every move, thought, and word makes daily life a struggle, and it doesn't help that her lifelong friends will turn toxic at the first sign of a wrong outfit, wrong lunch, or wrong crush. Yet Sam knows she'd be truly crazy to leave the protection of the most popular girls in school. So when Sam meets Caroline, she has to keep her new friend with a refreshing sense of humor and no style a secret, right up there with Sam's weekly visits to her psychiatrist.

Caroline introduces Sam to Poet's Corner, a hidden room and a tight-knit group of misfits who have been ignored by the school at large. Sam is drawn to them immediately, especially a guitar-playing guy with a talent for verse, and starts to discover a whole new side of herself. Slowly, she begins to feel more "normal" than she ever has as part of the popular crowd ... until she finds a new reason to question her sanity and all she holds dear.

Author: Tamara Ireland Stone
Publisher: Lbyr Plus
Published: 06/16/2015
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.60w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781484705278
Age Range: 11-UP

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.8
Point Value: 12
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 177289 / Every Last Word

Award: Cybils - Finalist

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2015
Publishers Weekly 04/20/2015
Romantic Times 06/01/2015 pg. 66 - Very Good
School Library Journal 06/01/2015 pg. 130
Booklist 06/01/2015 pg. 95
Voice of Youth Advocates 08/01/2015 - Recommended - Better Than Most

About the Author
Tamara Ireland Stone is the New York Times bestselling author of Every Last Word, Little Do We Know, Time and Time Again (a collection of her novels Time Between Us and Time After Time), and the Click'd series. A former Silicon Valley marketing executive, she enjoys running, mountain biking, and spending time with her family. She lives just outside of San Francisco and invites you to visit her online at TamaraIrelandStone.com.