Ember Leferrier is not the same after the debilitating car crash that almost took her life.
Many of Ember's memories are missing, and her parents' support feels suffocating as they monitor her every move. Then she meets Kai. A scruffy artist who boldly kisses her during their first encounter, he couldn't be more different than her upper-crust Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, friends. But even Kai's easy presence can't erase a memory that has surfaced: there was someone else in the car with her who didn't survive. Who was Anthony Travolo and how does he connect to the girl Ember used to be? While Loud Awake and Lost is not as tightly plotted as the author's previous works, Griffin's trademark atmospheric style is still firmly intact. This moody romantic mystery will hit the spot for fans of Kat Rosenfield's Amelia Ann Is Dead and Gone and Nova Ren Suma's Imaginary Girls. --Jennifer Hubert Swan, middle school librarian and Library Department Chair at Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High school