I’ll just add that if you’re planning a trip to Rome, you need to see Roman Holiday first. He recognizes her, and plans to write a tell-all story about her for his newspaper. Like her, he’s pretending, acting like a nice, ordinary guy who just wants to show her around Rome, when really he’s a reporter with ulterior motives. Of course she falls in love with Gregory Peck. On a stop in Rome she runs away, and wanders through the city pretending to be a commoner. Audrey Hepburn plays Princess Ann, who has grown deathly bored with having to give speeches and act stiff and regal. Roman Holiday is one of my all-time favorite movies, and the reason I wanted to go to Italy in the first place. To learn more, check out Anything But Ordinary here, or at your local bookstore.2. “Avery captures the fascination of the line between life and death with tender and lyrical prose.” “A raw, absorbing debut…Bryce’s courage, tenacity, and determination result in a memorable story about seizing the day.” “Readers who enjoy a dampened-Kleenex conclusion will probably beg for more.” The main characters are fully developed, and readers can easily empathize with them.” “… An interesting look at how different people deal with tragedy and how it affects their lives both before and after Bryce awakens. To learn more, check out A Million Miles Away here or at your local bookstore. April Lindner, author of Jane and Love, Lucy Kelsey’s story is beautifully told, equal parts gut-wrenching and heartwarming.” “Love, loss, sisterhood, deceit–the stakes are high in this captivating romance. Katie Cotugno, author of How to Love and 99 Days A must-read for anybody with a sister–and anybody without one, too.” “ A Million Miles Away completely wrecked me. “This is definitely several steps above the standard romance Avery is a voice to watch in this genre.” To learn more, check out The Memory Book here or at your local bookstore.

“Though the marketplace is crowded with stories of teens coping with serious illness, Avery’s novel stands out for its strong characters, a heartbreaking narrative that shifts to reflect Sammie’s condition, and a love story that will leave many readers in tears.”

– School Library Journal (starred review) Strengths abound in Avery’s touching novel, and Sammie’s relationships, both friendly and romantic, are no exception.” “Sammie’s voice is a bright, relatable, and uncompromising one, and when her inevitable decline begins, readers will be surprised and pained by it, right along with the book’s fiercely undeterred protagonist. “Sammie’s narrative voice is sardonic, distinctive, wildly intelligent, and sometimes hilarious…Readers will feel her mind and heart shifting with the illness.

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