Amy Reed

Damaged (Reprint) Amy Reed

Marc Notes: Numb after the death of her best friend, Camille, Kinsey starts to shut down but Hunter, Camille's mysterious boyfriend, has other ideas and whisks Kinsey off on a multi-state road trip to forget the ghosts of their pasts and their own fears.; Ages 14 up. Publisher Marketing: Two teens must come to terms with their friend's death in a car crash in this "haunting," ("Kirkus Reviews") gritty, and realistic novel from the author of "Beautiful," "Clean," "Crazy, "and "Over You." When Kinsey's best friend Camille dies in a car accident while Kinsey is behind the wheel, she shuts down completely, deciding that numbness is far better than mourning. She wants to be left alone during the last few weeks of high school, but Camille's mysterious boyfriend Hunter, who was also in the car that night, has a different idea. Despite all of Kinsey's efforts, she can't shake Camille, who has been haunting her dreams. Consumed by survivor's guilt, sleep deprived, and on the verge of losing it, she agrees to run away with Hunter to San Francisco. As the pair tries to escape both the ghost of Camille and their own deep fears, Kinsey questions how real her perception of her friendship with Camille was, and whether her former friend's ghost is actually now haunting her. Hunter, meanwhile, falls into a spiral of alcoholism, anger, and self-loathing. Ultimately, Kinsey and Hunter must come to terms with what they've lost and accept that they can't outrun pain. Review Citations: Booklist 08/01/2014 pg. 16 (EAN 9781442456990, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 08/11/2014 (EAN 9781442456990, Hardcover) School Library Journal 09/01/2014 pg. 151 (EAN 9781442456990, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2014 (EAN 9781442456990, Hardcover) Voice of Youth Advocates 10/01/2014 (EAN 9781442456990, Hardcover) Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2014 (EAN 9781442456990, Hardcover) Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2014 (EAN 9781442457010, Open Ebook) Contributor Bio:  Reed, Amy Amy Reed was raised in and around Seattle, where she attended a total of eight schools by the time she was eighteen. Constantly moving taught her to be restless, and being an only child made her imagination do funny things. After graduating from fillm school, she earned an MFA in writing from New College of California. Amy currently lives in Asheville, North Carolina, with her husband, daughter, and a well-loved dog. She is no longer restless.