Eliot Schrefer

They Both Die at the End meets The Loneliest Girl in the Universe in this mind-bending sci-fi mystery and tender love story about two boys aboard a spaceship sent on a rescue mission, from two-time National Book Award finalist Eliot Schrefer. Two boys, alone in space. Sworn enemies sent on the same rescue mission. Ambrose wakes up on the Coordinated Endeavor with no memory of a launch. There's more that doesn't add up: evidence indicates strangers have been on board, the ship's operating system is voiced by his mother, and his handsome, brooding shipmate has barricaded himself away. But nothing will stop Ambrose from making his mission succeed--not when he's rescuing his own sister. In order to survive the ship's secrets, Ambrose and Kodiak will need to work together and learn to trust each other . . . especially once they discover what they are truly up against. Love might be the only way to survive.

The Darkness Outside Us

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“Now it's time to 'man up, as you'd say." I push myself to my feet and dust my hands. “What an awful expression. Can someone 'woman up, too, or is that against the law in Dimokratía?"

I squeeze the back of his neck. "That's sweet. Don't tease me." I wasn't, actually. I adore daffodils." Because they were Minerva's favorite.

Izaac Richards

In space, without any atmosphere to cloud my view, even the void resolved into more distant pricks of light. Nowhere is truly empty. The thought makes me feel lavishly alone. Somehow, space is so deeply melancholy that it's not at all sad, like a note so low it ceases to sound. Even my sorrow about my insignificance feels insignificant. 

Kodiak chuckles, clearly pleased with himself. “It's just a treat to see a pretty boy squirm." He rolls up a sleeve and flexes. "You like that?"

Do not isolate yourself. Do not allow Kodiak to isolate himself.

 "Scrumpkin," he says back. “Wow. I thought you'd run out of ways to embarrass me, but then here you go."

"Oh, I've got a long list of names for you, my fuffer-skunk."

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