Two or Three Things I Forgot to Tell You

By Joyce Carol Oates

Book Overview

Two or Three Things I Forgot to Tell You is renowned author Joyce Carol Oates's newest novel for teens. Laurie Halse Anderson, bestselling author of Wintergirls and Speak, said that "the painful honesty of this book will crack open your heart."

Senior year, their last year together, Merissa and Nadia need their best friend Tink more than they ever did before. They have secrets they can share with no one but her, toxic secrets that threaten to unravel their friendship--and themselves. Tink had a secret, too, a big one, but no one knows what it was. And now she's gone. . . .

In a starred review, Kirkus Reviews described Joyce Carol Oates as "a master at portraying the inner lives of teens." In Two or Three Things I Forgot to Tell You, she's created a powerful portrayal of a friendship strong enough to transcend death.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062110470
• ISBN13: 9780062110473
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Harperteen
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher

Customer Reviews

dry

uninspired prose. plot could have been interesting, but the writing itself is something id rather shovel snow than have to slog through.