Name: Before We Go Extinct
ISBN: 9780374302405

Karen Rivers

After Sharkey's best friend commits suicide (or was it an accident?) in front of him, he spends the summer processing his grief on an abandoned beach resort island where his dad is the caretaker.

A Novel

Before We Go Extinct

madie anne 

okay, it’s been over a year since i read this book and i just realized i haven’t left a review. so, here it is: 

i read this book while i was at my grandmothers cabin. i was reading in the car because it was raining, and i didn’t want to get my book wet. well, my tears completely drenched the fucking pages, so...that’s great (i bought another copy, ‘cause why not? ;)). 

Before We Go Extinct tells the story of a teenager named JC or “sharky”, who’s best friend, The King, falls off a building, and—obviously—dies. JC becomes a mute, and his mother sends him to live with his estranged father. we follow his extremely difficult (and realistic) grieving process after he loses all of his friends, alive and dead. 

originally, i thought this was just another cliché YA contemporary novel about grief, with an over abundance of romance—which has become very popular—but boy was i wrong. i was SO fucking wrong. Before We Go Extinct is definitely my favorite YA contemporary novel.

i highly recommend it!

Before We Go Extinct A Novel

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