Copyright Date:
2024
Edition Date:
2024
Release Date:
10/29/24
Pages:
298 pages
New Title:
Yes
ISBN:
0-8234-5619-6
ISBN 13:
978-0-8234-5619-2
Dewey:
Fic
LCCN:
2023034662
Dimensions:
22 cm
Language:
English
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews
A teen becomes a reluctant caretaker for her nephews in this contemporary novel set in the fictional moneyed town of Evans Beach, near Portland, MaineSeventeen-year-old Hannah Lynn has lived with her absent-minded but loving dad, an employee of the public works department, as her sole parent since her mother died when she was 4. Self-reliant and smart, Hannah plans to get out of Evans Beach once she graduates. She's eager to leave the snobby town behind for good. When her dad agrees to a kinship placement for his grandsons-Henry, 13, and Simon, 9-after Hannah's troubled older sister, Pauline, has them removed from her care, she finds herself pulled into more involvement with them than she intended. Hannah and her father's warm, imperfect relationship and the realistic, sometimes intense portrayal of her nephews' struggles permeate this nuanced story. The details about the complicated child welfare system are spot-on, and a sweet romance between Hannah and her quirky, kind classmate Richard Greene will pull readers in. If the dialogue feels a little too clever and snappy in moments of stress, it's also often very funny and balances this earnest, heart-wrenching story. Major characters read white.An honest, moving portrayal of a family finding their way through life's challenging moments. (author's note)(Fiction. 13-18)
Hannah must choose the impossible—put her nephews into foster care so she can stay true to her dream, or take them on and lose everything she’s worked so hard to achieve.
17-year-old Hannah Lynn has just one goal: to get out of Evans Beach, Maine. It’s where she lost her mother to cancer. Where her estranged sister, Pauline, fell apart before moving out. Where her father, Larry, holds court as a local legend who once played for the Red Sox. Hannah has never fit in, but that doesn’t matter now that she is finally on the cusp of escaping to her dream college.
Then her life is turned upside down when Pauline’s two sons are taken by the state, leaving Hannah and Larry the only people standing between the boys and the child welfare system. Her father wants to provide them with kinship care and promises that it will only be for a little while, just until Pauline gets back on her feet. But Hannah knows nothing is that simple when it comes to her troubled older sister.
When her father’s health declines Hannah must make a soberingly adult decision: is she willing to give up her dream and raise her nephews on her own or can she let them be placed in the foster care system?
Drawing on his clinical psychology background, Moldover challenges readers to face some of life’s most difficult questions through the eyes of an unforgettably complex heroine. Unflinching yet ultimately hopeful, Just Until is a heart-wrenching tale of the weight some teenagers carry when no one else can do it for them—one that will linger with readers long after the final page.
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