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The Breakfast Club meets Boyhood in this striking young adult novel from Printz Honor author Carolyn Mackler, which chronicles the lives of five teenagers through the thrills, heartbreaks, and joys of their four years in high school.
"Characters live, grow, and ultimately come of age in a beautifully constructed world," raved Kirkus in a starred review.
Zoe, Jake, Mia, Gregor, and Whitney meet at freshman orientation. At the end of that first day, they make a promise to reunite after graduation. But so much can happen in those in-between years. . . .
Zoe fears she will always be in her famous mother's shadow. Jake struggles to find the right connections in friendship and in love. Mia keeps trying on new identities, looking for one that actually fits. Gregor thought he wanted to be more than just a band geek. And Whitney seems to have it all, until it's all falling apart around her.
Carolyn Mackler skillfully brings the stories of these five disparate teens together to create a distinct and cohesive whole--a novel about how we can all affect one another's lives in the most unexpected and amazing ways.
Infinite in Between received four starred reviews, was listed on several best books of the year lists, and is perfect for fans of books by Jandy Nelson, Sara Zarr, and E. Lockhart.
Reviews (5)
School Library Journal Review
Gr 7 Up-Gregor, Zoe, Jake, Whitney, and Mia meet on the first day of high school during freshman orientation. The five students decide to write letters to their future selves and hide them in the school to be opened on graduation day. The four long years looming ahead of them seem infinite. But an edgy prologue hints at the delights and disasters to come, drawing listeners into the complicated lives of the students as they hurtle toward graduation. As they change and grow, the classmates proceed with laser focus toward that one day four years in the future when they will be suddenly turned loose to begin the rest of their lives. But the teens learn that ultimately, it is that "infinite in between" that is to be truly savored. With sensitivity and clarity, Mackler captures the insecurity, pain, and joy of the five teens as their paths cross and merge. Narrator Erin Yuen competently handles the large cast of characters. Her subtle characterizations will help listeners keep track of the story as the perspective shifts among the five characters. VERDICT Students who enjoy edgy coming-of-age novels will snap this up. ["A wonderfully written peek into adolescence gushing with relatability": SLJ 9/15 starred review of the HarperTeen book.]-Lisa Hubler, Charles F. Brush High School, Lyndhurst, OH © Copyright 2015. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
During high school orientation, five ninth graders write letters to their future selves, promising to reunite on graduation day and read them together. Each student starts school with hopes and fears, and over time faces trials related to friends, family, unrequited love, body image, school, and extracurricular interests. In eighth grade, Jake came out to his best friend, who promptly dropped him; knowing that word has spread, Jake avoids sports teams and hides in the art room, trying to find his niche. Popular Whitney repeatedly chooses friends who prove not to be friends, leaving her with no confidence when her parents' divorce shatters her world. While the five rarely interact at first, they become increasingly supportive of each other, fostering courage: while family chaos has long threatened Zoe's happiness, "she realized that, somehow, she was going to muddle through." The story unfolds by year and month; each month contains short chapters from one or more teen's perspectives. Mackler (The Future of Us) keeps all five story lines clear, absorbing, and integral to the larger story of friendship, perseverance, and hope. Ages 13-up. Agent: Jodi Reamer, Writers House. (Sept.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Horn Book Review
Mackler tackles weighty topics in her latest novel, which traces the ups and downs of five high school students--including a popular girl, a musician, and a genius--from freshman orientation to graduation. Despite the long time span and rigid structure, these characters (and their shared surroundings) are well developed, and many plot twists will come as a surprise. (c) Copyright 2016. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
A Breakfast Club-style, randomly assigned freshman orientation group experiences the highs and lows of four years of high school. The prologue gives the conceptfive teens write letters to their future selves during freshman orientation and agree to assemble again after graduation to read themand teases the whens and whats of big surprises to come. Gregor's a small, quiet musician; Zoe, the daughter of a famous actress; Jake, the all-American type; Mia, the weird brainiac; and Whitney, the beautiful, popular girl. Their storylines over the next four years occasionally cross paths and share reoccurring supporting characters. Gregor is hopelessly in love with Whitney, whose primary social entanglements aren't her series of boyfriends but the best friends she falls in and out of favor with. Mia tries to reinvent herself, while Jake tries to accept himself, and Zoe's too busy trying to hide from expectations to figure out who she wants to be. Protagonists experience fleeting loves and lose attachments, they develop emotionally and sexually, and each tackles varying degrees of family conflicts andfor sometragedies. Despite the prologue's forecasting, many twists still surprise. Problem-novel subjects are elevated by both the humanity of the characters and the intricate ways that they weave in and out of each other's lives. Characters live, grow, and ultimately come of age in a beautifully constructed world. (Fiction. 13 up) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
It's only four years, but, boy, is high school formative. Freshman orientation throws together five students who don't really have much in common. But they all write letters to themselves, promising to reunite to read them after graduation, before separating to navigate the sometimes-treacherous, always-emotional waters of high school, witnessing the same events in different ways, and occasionally intersecting. Orchestra-geek Gregor pines after a popular girl from afar until tragedy strikes. Zoe, whose famous mom is in rehab, is learning how to be a normal kid. It doesn't bother Jake that he's gay he just wants to be comfortable in his own skin. Whitney, gorgeous and popular, deals with mercurial friendships and a rocky home life. And shy, quiet Mia learns how to become a person who lives instead of watches. Printz Honor Book-winning Mackler has created a novel that is special because of its ordinariness: there are no hooks, no gimmicks. Things happen, for the most part, no more dramatically than they do in high schools every day. A clear, true portrait of life as it is for many teenagers.--Reagan, Maggie Copyright 2015 Booklist