![]() ![]() Sometimes Bridge feels like she's being left behind. Tab is embracing feminism by way of a human rights club she's joined (and seems to have a little bit of a crush on her club's activist advisor). Emily's newly developed body is attracting a lot of attention, from an eighth grade boy in particular, who wants Emily to text him some revealing photos. ![]() Long ago they made a pact never to fight, and they've stuck to it.īut as their seventh grade year starts, all those changes start to creep up on them. What's saved her is the support and love of her best friends, Emily and Tabitha (Tab for short). At times, a busy street, a honking horn, or even a tough decision can still paralyze Bridge with fear and flashbacks. Not out of some abstract existentialist impulse, though, but because she is genuinely lucky to be alive after being hit by a car five years earlier. Most of the novel is told from the point of view of Bridge Barsamian, a seventh-grader who asks herself every day why she's alive. Rebecca Stead generously and thoughtfully addresses all these changes in Goodbye Stranger. Weirdly changing bodies, quickly changing interests, and, of course, friendships that can change or disappear or self-destruct at the drop of a hat. Middle school is nothing if not a time of changes. Winner of the 2015 BookBrowse Award for Best Young Adult Novel Multiple middle school perspectives on love, friendship and change all leading up to Valentine's day. ![]()
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