My Beautiful Failure (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781416954897)

A haunting account of a teen boy who volunteers at a suicide hotline and falls for a troubled caller.

Billy is a sophomore in high school, and twice a week, he volunteers at Listeners, a suicide hotline.
Jenney is an "incoming," a caller, a girl on the brink.
As her life spirals out of control, Jenney's calls become more desperate, more frequent. Billy, struggling with the deteriorating relationship with his depressed father, is the only one who understands. Through her pain, he sees hope. Through her tears, he feels her heart. And through her despair, he finds love. But is that enough?
Acclaimed author Janet Ruth Young has written a stunning and powerful story with no easy answers; it is about pain and heartbreak, reality and illusion, and finding redemption and the strength to forgive in the darkest of times.

Author: Janet Ruth Young
ISBN-10: 1416954899
ISBN-13: 9781416954897
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 11/13/2012
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.70w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 10/01/2012
Publishers Weekly 10/22/2012
Booklist 11/15/2012 pg. 51
School Library Journal 02/01/2013 pg. 115
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2013 pg. 316
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2013 pg. 123 - Recommended, Satisfactory