We Are All So Good at Smiling (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781250780386)

They Both Die at the End meets The Bell Jar in this haunting, beautiful young adult novel-in-verse about clinical depression and healing from trauma, from National Book Award Finalist Amber McBride.

Whimsy is back in the hospital for treatment of clinical depression. When she meets a boy named Faerry, she recognizes they both have magic in the marrow of their bones. And when Faerry and his family move to the same street, the two start to realize that their lifelines may have twined and untwined many times before.

They are both terrified of the forest at the end of Marsh Creek Lane.

The Forest whispers to Whimsy. The Forest might hold the answers to the part of Faerry he feels is missing. They discover the Forest holds monsters, fairy tales, and pain that they have both been running from for 11 years.

Author: Amber McBride
ISBN-10: 1250780381
ISBN-13: 9781250780386
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Language: English
Published: 01/10/2023
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 7.60h x 5.80w x 1.80d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.7
Point Value: 3
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 521129 / We Are All So Good at Smiling


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2022
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 12/01/2022 - Book Of Special Distinction
Publishers Weekly 11/21/2022
School Library Journal 01/01/2023 pg. 76
Booklist 01/01/2023 pg. 67
Shelf Awareness 01/13/2023
BookPage 01/01/2023
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2023 - Superior,Well Above Average