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Atlas James has lost her way. In a last-ditch effort to pull her life together, she’s working on a community service program rehabbing trails in the Western Sierras. The only plus is that the days are so exhausting that Atlas might just be tired enough to forget that this was one of her dad’s favorite places in the world. Before cancer stole him from her life, that is. Using real names is forbidden on the trail. So Atlas becomes Maps, and with her team—Books, Sugar, Junior, and King—she heads into the wilderness. As she sheds the lies she’s built up as walls to protect herself, she realizes that four strangers might know her better than anyone has before. And with the end of the trail racing to meet them, Maps is left counting down the days until she returns to her old life—without her new family, and without King, who’s become more than just a friend.
Publication Year: 2024
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02024 reads: 11/250
2024 tbr: 8/120
disclaimer: i won an advanced copy of this from a giveaway hosted by the publisher. this did not affect my rating.
content warnings: death of parent (cancer, prior to story), grief, underage drinking
this book follows a teenager attempting to find some direction in life following the death of her father. she’s working on rehabbing trails in the western sierras, something her father was passionate about. as she lets her trail mates in, she starts to think that they might know her more than anyone else.
books about grief immediately draw me in, so although this author was new to me, i figured there was a pretty good chance that i’d really enjoy this book. personally, i thought this was a great depiction of grief. so many different emotions are explored in atlas and they can mostly be tied back to her grief. she’s not 100% sad or 100% angry or 100% numb, instead there’s a blend of all these and more.
i recommend this book and i’m looking forward to reading more from this author.
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