Optimists Die First
  • Published:
    Feb-2017 (Hardcover)
    Feb-2018 (Paperback)
  • Formats:
    Print / eBook / Audio
  • Main Genre:
    General Fiction
  • Time Period:
    Contemporary
  • Pages:
    256
  • Age Level:
    13-17
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Beware: Life ahead.

Sixteen-year-old Petula de Wilde is anything but wild. A former crafting fiend with a happy life, Petula shut herself off from the world after a family tragedy. She sees danger in all the ordinary things, like crossing the street, a bug bite, or a germy handshake. She knows: life is out to get you.

The worst part of her week is her comically lame mandatory art therapy class with a small group of fellow misfits. Then a new boy, Jacob, appears at school and in her therapy group. He seems so normal and confident, though he has a prosthetic arm; and soon he teams up with Petula on a hilarious project, gradually inspiring her to let go of some of her fears. But as the two grow closer, a hidden truth behind why he's in the group threatens to derail them, unless Petula takes a huge risk. . .
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    •  
    • Feb-2018
    • Ember
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 055349693X
    • ISBN13: 9780553496932
    •  
    • Mar-2018
    • Andersen Press Ltd
    • Paperback
    • ISBN: 1783446226
    • ISBN13: 9781783446223
    • First Edition
    • Feb-2017
    • Random House
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0553496905
    • ISBN13: 9780553496901
    •  
    • Feb-2017
    • Random House
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0553496913
    • ISBN13: 9780553496918
    • Library Binding
    •  
    • Feb-2018
    • Turtleback Books
    • Hardcover
    • ISBN: 0606409467
    • ISBN13: 9780606409469
    • Library Binding
    •  
    • Feb-2017
    • Andersen Digital
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1448188601
    • ISBN13: 9781448188604
    •  
    • Feb-2017
    • Random House
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 0553496921
    • ISBN13: 9780553496925
    •  
    • Feb-2017
    • Wendy Lamb Books
    • eBook (Kindle)
    •  
    • Feb-2017
    • Tundra Books
    • eBook
    • ISBN: 1770497846
    • ISBN13: 9781770497849
    •  
    • Feb-2017
    • Listening Library
    • Audio CD
    • ISBN: 1524723029
    • ISBN13: 9781524723026



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