Stell dir vor, du öffnest an deinem 18. Geburtstag die Haustür und dort liegt ein Geschenk: ein riesiger Wanderrucksack, ein Paar Wanderschuhe und ein Trailtagebuch für den Yosemite Nationalpark. Würdest du loslaufen?
Mari entscheidet sich genau dafür, obwohl sie noch nie mehr als zehn Schritte zu Fuß getan hat. Von heute auf morgen tauscht sie Smartphone und Social Media gegen schneebedeckte Berge, reißende Flüsse und Blasen an den Füßen, aber auch gegen Sonnenaufgänge wie aus dem Bilderbuch, warmherzige Begegnungen und mutige Entscheidungen - denn der Yosemite verändert jeden.
Girl Online meets Der große Trip: Jessi Kirbys neuer Jugendroman ist eine kluge und emotionale Geschichte über ein Mädchen, das ihr Leben als erfolgreiche Influencerin gegen die raue Wildnis des Yosemite Nationalparks eintauscht - und dabei das Leben wieder lieben lernt.
Jessi Kirby's books just keep getting better and better, and 'The Secret History of Us' is her best yet. It beautifully touches on all the most important things in life love, family, friendship, memory, and bacon. I loved it.' Morgan Matson, New York Times bestselling author of 'The Unexpected Everything'
In this gorgeously written, emotional novel that fans of Sarah Dessen will enjoy, a teenage girl must piece together the parts of her life she doesn't remember after a severe collision leaves her with no memory of the past four years.
When Olivia awakes in a hospital bed following a near-fatal car accident, she can't remember how she got there. She figures it's because she was in a coma for a week, but as time goes on, she realizes she's lost more than just the last week of her life she's lost all memory of events that happened years ago. Gone is any recollection of starting or graduating high school; the prom; or her steady boyfriend Matt. Trying to figure out who she is feels impossible when everyone keeps telling her who she was.
As Liv tries to sort out her family and friends' perceptions of her, the one person she hasn't heard enough from is Walker, the guy who saved her the night her car was knocked off that bridge into the bay below. Walker is the hardened boy who's been keeping his distance and the one person that has made Liv feel like her old self whoever that is. With feelings growing for Walker, tensions rising with Matt, and secrets she can't help but feel are being kept from her, Olivia must find her place in a life she doesn't remember living.
Quinn Sullivan lost the love of her life when her boyfriend, Trent, died in an accident their junior year. In an attempt to get closure, she reached out to the recipients of his donated organs. Though some answered her letters, the one Quinn feels matters most, the person who received Trent's heart, has been silent.
Nineteen-year-old Colton Thomas has spent the last several years in and out of hospitals waiting for a heart transplant. Now that he's fi nally received a new heart, Colton is regaining strength, and he's walking away from his bedridden past with no intention of looking back. He doesn't want to know about the person who had to die so that he could live. He only wants to move forward.
But Quinn can't let it go. Venturing outside the system to fi nd Colton, Quinn takes a risk in hopes of fi nally laying her memories to rest. But what begins as an innocent conversation quickly becomes an attraction, and to make matters worse, Colton has no idea how they're connected. His zest for life pulls Quinn from her months of sorrow but leaves her torn between honesty and utter betrayal.Because no matter how hard she's falling for Colton, each beat of his heart reminds her of all she's lost.
