When to hold on

"The summer before junior year, Brynn Bailey would rather listen to the quiet woods than talk to anyone in her small town. Then she meets Zoe McClain and wishes she knew what to say. After one conversation, Brynn is hooked but too nervous to approach her crush again. Working up the nerve takes her mind off the fact that her mom has been in and out of the hospital. But when her mom dies before she can say goodbye, Brynn won't talk about her grief. Not even after she and Zoe start falling for each other as they work on a school project. Unspoken words have a way of piling up, though; a lot like the unpaid bills left on the counter. While Brynn's denial could jeopardize her relationship with Zoe, mounting medical debt threatens the only place Brynn has called home. Brynn must learn when to listen and when to speak up, when to let go and when to hold on. Written in free verse and set in Wisconsin's Driftless Area, When to Hold On is a journey that rides the unpredictable hills and valleys of grief, toward the healing truths of reconnecting with oneself, those we love, and the natural world"--.