For fans of The Grace Year and We Were Liars comes a mesmerizing, can't-put-it-down psychological thrillerâa gender-flipped YA Great Gatsby that will linger long after the final line
On wealthy Commodore Island, Fern is watching and waitingâfor summer, for college, for her childhood best friend to decide he loves her. Then Ivy Avila lands on the island like a falling star. When Ivy shines on her, Fern feels seen. When they're together, Fern has purpose. She glimpses the secrets Ivy hides behind her fame, her fortune, the lavish parties she throws at her great glass house, and understands that Ivy hurts in ways Fern can't fathom. And soon, it's clear Ivy wants someone Fern can help her get. But as the two pull closer, Fern's cozy life on Commodore unravels: drought descends, fires burn, and a reckless night spins out of control. Everything Fern thought she understoodâabout her home, herself, the boy she loved, about Ivy Avilaâtwists and bends into something new. And Fern won't emerge the same person she was.
An enthralling, mind-altering fever dream, Tell Me My Name is about the cost of being a girl in a world that takes so much, and the enormity of what is regained when we take it back.
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"A lush, gorgeously crafted page-turner." âJennifer Mathieu, author of Moxie
âAbsolutely took my breath away.â âGeek Mom
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"As much Hitchcockian suspense as Fitzgeraldâs tarnished glitz." âBCCB (starred review)
âA kaleidoscope of light and shadow that will keep you flipping page after page.â âAmber Smith, author of The Way We Used to Be
âOnly Amy Reed could write a novel this dark, this gorgeous, this forward-looking while speaking to our present moment.â âWiley Cash, author of A Land More Kind Than Home
"The best kind of literary thrillerâone with as much conscience as pulse." âBrendan Kiely, co-author of All American Boys
âI havenât felt this way since reading We Were Liarsâmind blown.â âJaye Robin Brown, author of Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit
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"Immersive [and] smartly written.â âSLJ (starred review)
"This novel is amazing . . . A pulsating, hypnotic retelling.â âLilliam Rivera, author of The Education of Margot Sanchez
âRelentlessly compelling . . . Reed's latest is a literary thrill ride.â âKelly Jensen, author of (Donât) Call Me Crazy and editor at BookRiot
"Takes the unreliable narrator to new levels . . . Mesmerizing." âSLC
â[A] harrowing tale of personal trauma in a violently polarized society.â âKirkus
âA compelling and propulsive thriller.â âJeff Zentner, author of The Serpent King
"I barely breathed the last 100 pages. Simply stunning.â âMegan Shepherd, author of The Madman's Daughter