Althea and Oliver

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Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: Viking Juvenile (October 9, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0670785393
ISBN-13: 978-0670785391
Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 6 x 1.2 inches

What if you live for the moment when life goes off the rails and then one day there’s no one left to help you get it back on track?

Althea Carter and Oliver McKinley have been best friends since they were six; she’s the fist-fighting instigator to his peacemaker, the artist whose vision balances his scientific bent. Now, as their junior year of high school comes to a close, Althea has begun to want something more than just best-friendship. Oliver, for his part, simply wants life to go back to normal, but when he wakes up one morning with no memory of the past three weeks, he can’t deny any longer that something is seriously wrong with him. And then Althea makes the worst bad decision ever, and her relationship with Oliver is shattered. He leaves town for a clinical study in New York, resolving to repair whatever is broken in his brain, while she gets into her battered Camry and drives up the coast after him, determined to make up for what she’s done.

Their journey will take them from the rooftops, keg parties, and all-ages shows of their North Carolina hometown to the pool halls, punk houses, and hospitals of New York City before they once more stand together and face their chances. Set in the DIY, mix tape, and zine culture of the mid-1990s, Cristina Moracho’s whip-smart debut is an achingly real story about identity, illness, and love and why bad decisions sometimes feel so good. Read Althea and Oliver book online now.

Althea and Oliver Reviews

Althea and Oliver is a great new young adult novel by Christina Moracho. But don't let the Young Adult label turn you away if you're older. Althea and Oliver is great for adults as well. I'm 37 and loved every page.

Althea and Oliver are best friends.. but like sometimes happens, one of them has decided they want more. I don't want to give away too much, but the other is not certain they want to risk the friendship for romance. And yes, I know we've heard that story before, but Althea and Oliver is extremely well written and relateable. Everything is not tied up in a little bow.. the kids are not stereotypical characters, they are more complex and interesting. A health isssue is also thrown into the mix which even adds more to the relationship crisis.

As a side note, I also loved the setting of Wilmington, Delaware which is very close to my heart. I haven't read many books sets in this area and it was very refreshing. Get online Althea and Oliver today.