A Michael L. Printz Honor Award Winner
Senior Paul Wagoner walks into his school with a stolen gun threatens his girlfriend Emily Beam and then takes his own life. Soon after angry and guilt-ridden Emily is sent to a boarding school in Amherst Massachusetts where two quirky fellow students and the spirit of Emily Dickinson offer helping hands. But it is up to Emily Beam to heal her own damaged self to find the good behind the bad hope inside the despair and springtime under the snow.
A Boston Globe Best YA Novel of the Year
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year
A Tayshas High School Reading List Selection
A North Carolina Young Adult book Award Nominee
