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Crash into Me

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About The Book

Owen, Frank, Audrey, and Jin-Ae have one thing in common: they all want to die. When they meet online after each attempts suicide and fails, the four teens make a deadly pact: they will escape together on a summer road trip to visit the graves of celebrity suicides . . . and at their final destination, they will each end their lives. As they drive cross-country, bonding over their dark impulses, sharing their deepest secrets and desires, living it up, hooking up, and becoming true friends, each must decide whether life is worth living—or if there’s no turning back.

About The Author

Dani Walter, My Three Roses Photography

Albert Borris has tracked snow leopards in the Himalayas, backpacked through Iceland, and skated ultra-marathons in Georgia, but his favorite daily adventure is working with teens.  Albert is a national award winning student assistance counselor.  In spite of the bad jokes, he chooses to live in New Jersey.  Find out more about Albert’s writing, his latest adventures, and his Top 10 Most Embarrassing Moments at albertborris.com.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (July 7, 2009)
  • Length: 272 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781416995791
  • Grades: 9 and up
  • Ages: 14 - 99
  • Lexile ® HL530 The Lexile reading levels have been certified by the Lexile developer, MetaMetrics®

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Raves and Reviews

"The ultimate heartbreaking, poignant road trip to a place you never thought you'd go." --Todd Strasser, bestselling author of Give a Boy a Gun

"Crash Into Me puts readers in the driver's seat with four teens teetering on the edge of suicide. But will their cross country odyssey push them all the way over? Only the final page turn will tell, in Albert Borris's finely-crafted tale of friendship forged from a desperate need of connection. An exceptional first novel." -- Ellen Hopkins, bestselling author of Crank

Awards and Honors

  • ALA Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
  • NYPL Best Books for Teens

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