The You I've Never Known

By: Ellen Hopkins

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Synopsis: How do you live your life if your past is based on a lie? Find out in this &“satisfied and moving story&” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) in both verse and prose from #1 New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkins.For as long as she can remember, it&’s been just Ariel and Dad. Ariel&’s mom disappeared when she was a baby. Dad says home is wherever the two of them are, but Ariel is now seventeen and after years of new apartments, new schools, and new faces, all she wants is to put down some roots. Complicating things are Monica and Gabe, both of whom have stirred a different kind of desire. Maya&’s a teenager who&’s run from an abusive mother right into the arms of an older man she thinks she can trust. But now she&’s isolated with a baby on the way, and life&’s getting more complicated than Maya ever could have imagined. Ariel and Maya&’s lives collide unexpectedly when Ariel&’s mother shows up out of the blue with wild accusations: Ariel wasn&’t abandoned. Her father kidnapped her fourteen years ago. In bestselling author Ellen Hopkins&’s deft hands, Ariel&’s emotionally charged journey to find out the truth of who she really is balances beautifully with Maya&’s story of loss and redemption. This is a memorable portrait of two young women trying to make sense of their lives and coming face to face with themselves—for both the last and the very first time.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 590 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781481442923
Related ISBNs:: 9781481442916
Publisher:: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Date of Addition:: 03/17/25
Copyrighted By:: Ellen Hopkins
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Teens, Literature and Fiction, Parenting and Family
Grade Levels:: Ninth grade, Tenth grade, Eleventh grade, Twelfth grade, College Freshman, College Sophomore, College Junior, College Senior, Graduate Student, Undergraduate Student
Reading Age:: 14 and up
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.

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