You Don't Have to Die in the End (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781773370439)

Nominated for the Forest of Reading White Pine Award!

Shortlisted for the McNally Robinson Book for Young People Award!

Eugenia Grimm is a tough girl living in a tough town at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. She drinks and fights and pushes against expectations. She is also hurting: after her father died by suicide, her older brothers drifted away and her mother up and left.

After a last-straw violent incident and faced with the possibility of incarceration, she is sentenced to time at an Intensive Support and Supervision Program located at a remote mountain ranch. There, she begins to make connections, explore difficult truths, and might even turn things around--until a series of events pull her into a dark spiral she may not have the strength to resist.

"[T]he characters - therapists and troubled youth alike - have an inviting combination of snarkiness and depth." - Quill & Quire

"...many serious themes are woven into the story, but there is also the wonderful appreciation of what can be achieved if only people are given the time, encouragement and incentive to work out their problems and improve their lives." - CM Magazine