Goodbye Stranger

This astonishingly profound novel is not your average middle-school friendship tale. "The Horn Book," Starred
Stead shows how strongly love of all kinds can smooth the juddering path toward adulthood. Winsome, bighearted, and altogether rewarding. "Booklist," Starred
Stead] captures the stomach-churning moments of a misstep or an unplanned betrayal and reworks these events with grace, humor, and polish into possibilities for kindness and redemption. Superb. "Kirkus Reviews," Starred
This memorable story about female friendships, silly bets, different kinds of love, and bad decisions is authentic in detail and emotion. "Publishers Weekly," Starred
Filled with humor and] delightful coincidences. . . . An immensely satisfying addition for Stead s many fans. "School Library Journal, " Starred
"The author as usual deftly interweaves her plot strands into an organic whole, and between the multifocal plot and the exploration on growth and self-recognition. . .deeply explores mistakes, and forgiveness, and growing away from people as well as toward them." "The Bulletin, " Starred
This eloquent story of friendship, first love, and identity will resonate powerfully with readers. "VOYA," Perfect Ten
"Stead raises questions about whether a relationship can survive change. If someone makes a mistake, can you forgive the person, if not the act? Can two people reconcile, if they are both willing to process what happened? Or is the change more systemic--has one of you become a stranger? . . . It's a question all of the characters ask themselves at some point in Stead's perfectly synchronized novel." "Shelf Awareness"

"From the Hardcover edition.""