Awake in the World

Gurley, Jason

ISBN 10: 1250141834 / ISBN 13: 9781250141835

Published by Roaring Brook Press, 2019

About this Item

The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.

Seller Inventory # BSM.ZGCE

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Awake in the World
• Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1250141834
• ISBN 13: 9781250141835
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

In Awake in the World, Jason Gurley delivers a gorgeous debut YA novel about dreams and finding the courage to reach them.

When all was lost, they found each other.

As the sun sets off the coast of the small California town of Orilla del Cielo, the silhouettes of oil rigs loom. Their shadows mar the serene backdrop, their sharpness a reminder of unfulfilled promises. To Zach, they are also a reminder of loss―his father, an oil worker, drowned years earlier. With his family struggling to make ends meet, Zach feels he’s destined for a bleak future.

Until he meets Vanessa. She's an optimistic girl from a wealthy family whose sights are literally set on the stars. Inspired by her idol, Carl Sagan, she plans on studying astronomy at Cornell. But as oil prospectors in search of black gold know, the future is uncertain . . . and fortunes can always be flipped.

About the Author

Jason Gurley is the author of Eleanor and other adult novels. His short fiction has appeared in Lightspeed Magazine and the anthologies Loosed Upon the World and Help Fund My Robot Army. Jason lives and writes in Scappoose, Oregon.