Things I'll Never Say

Beautiful, necessary, and deeply personal, Things I'll Never Say will ressonate with fans of You'd Be Home Now and The Way I Used to Be.

A powerful coming-of-age story about teen mental health and navigating grief.

Ten years ago, the Scar Squad promised each other nothing would tear them apart. Even when Casey Jones Caruso lost her twin brother Sammy to an overdose, and their foursome became a threesome, the squad picked each other up. But when Casey's feeling for the remaining members--Francesca and Benjamin--develop into romantic attraction, she worries the truth will dissolve them.

Casey tries to ignore her heart, until Ben kisses her at a summer party, and Frankie kisses another girl. Now Casey must confront all the complicated feelings she's buried--for her friends and for the brother she's totally pissed at for dying. Since Sammy's death, Casey has spilled all the things she can no longer say to him in journals, and now more than ever, she wishes he were here to help her decide whether she should guard her heart or bet it all on love, before someone else decides for her.

Cassandraw Newbould's stunning and deeply personal debut novel follows a teen girl struggling to find herself in life and in love after losing her twin brother to the opiod crisis.

ISBN-13: 9781682635964

Media Type: Hardcover

Publisher: Peachtree Teen

Publication Date: 06-06-2023

Pages: 320

Product Dimensions: 8.10h x 5.50w x 1.20d

Age Range: 14 - UP Years

Cassandra Newbould is the editor and a contributor of the YA intersectional, fat, feminist anthology Every Body Shines (Bloomsbury, '21) and the contemporary YA epistolary Things I'll Never Say (Peachtree, '23). As host and creator of the Fat Like Me podcast, Cassandra has discussed the need for more intersectional body diversity in kid lit. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her family. When she's not writing, you can find her at a poker table reminding the other players to never underestimate the power of a determined girl and her cards.