![]() ![]() ![]() This book gripped me on the first page, and by the last, had really moved me. " The Leaving isn't one of those books that creeps up on you: instead, it throws you in the back of an unmarked van and speeds off before you even have time to wonder what's going on. I promise, you will not even look up from the page." - E. Altebrando hides a meditation on memory and identity inside a top-speed page-turner. "You will not sleep, check your phone or even breathe once you begin reading The Leaving. "With a bit of romance, a bit of pathos, a bit of science fiction, and a bit of ripped-from-the-headlines trauma, this will appeal to fans of mystery." - BCCB "Told in a complicated layering, Altebrando constructs an amazing story about the lives of those taken and of those who tried to carry on back home." - VOYA "A twisting and turning mystery that will grip readers even if it is at times a bit difficult to follow." - Kirkus Reviews Teens who enjoy engrossing, contemplative titles such as Adam Silvera's More Happy Than Not will devour this insightful musing on memory and identity." - School Library Journal This is no mere thriller folded into this compulsively readable work are thought-provoking themes. A believable and clever story that will keep readers engaged from beginning to end." - Booklist Engrossing, both as a thriller and a meditation on memory—its limits, its loss, and the ways it deceives and constructs identity." - Publishers Weekly ![]()
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