Optimists Die First by Susin Nielsen
Petula has avoided friendship and happiness ever since tragedy struck her family and took her beloved younger sister Maxine.
"Hilarious, heart-warming and beautifully unexpected – a real keeper" * Lisa Williamson *
"I fell for Optimists Die First like I was curled up with a familiar favourite – offbeat charm, with a bittersweet romance at its sorrowful heart" -- Harriet Reuter Hapgood
"Optimists Die First will make you feel bigger in every way. Bigger in courage to face a dangerous world; bigger in feeling; bigger in love; bigger in your ability to put yourself back together after something that should break you; and yes, bigger in optimism" -- Jeff Zentner
"Susin Nielsen has produced a richly comic story featuring a cast of mismatched, engaging characters" -- Marilyn Brocklehurst * Guardian, The Best New Children's Books supplement *
"Entertaining but also poignant" -- Claire Hennessy * Irish Times *
"I fell for Optimists Die First like I was curled up with a familiar favourite – offbeat charm, with a bittersweet romance at its sorrowful heart" -- Harriet Reuter Hapgood
"Optimists Die First will make you feel bigger in every way. Bigger in courage to face a dangerous world; bigger in feeling; bigger in love; bigger in your ability to put yourself back together after something that should break you; and yes, bigger in optimism" -- Jeff Zentner
"Susin Nielsen has produced a richly comic story featuring a cast of mismatched, engaging characters" -- Marilyn Brocklehurst * Guardian, The Best New Children's Books supplement *
"Entertaining but also poignant" -- Claire Hennessy * Irish Times *
Susin Nielsen got her start writing for popular television series, Degrassi Junior High. Since then, she’s written for many Canadian TV shows and her young adult novels have received considerable critical acclaim. Word Nerd and My Messed-Up Life won multiple Young Readers’ Choice Awards. The Reluctant Journal of Henry K. Larsen won the UKLA Award, the prestigious Governor General’s Literary Award, the Canadian Library Association’s Children’s Book of the Year and many Young Readers’ Choice Awards, while We Are All Made of Molecules was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Susin lives in Vancouver with her family and two extremely destructive cats.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781783445585 |
| ISBN 10 | 1783445580 |
| Title | Optimists Die First |
| Author | Susin Nielsen |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Andersen Press Ltd |
| Year published | 2017-03-02 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Prizes | Nominated for CILIP Carnegie Medal 2018 (UK) |
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