Jennifer E. Smith

Sixteen-year-old Emma Healy has never felt that she fit in with the rest of her family, so when she discovers that she had a twin brother who died shortly after they were born, she takes off on an impulsive road trip to try to discover who she really is.

Sometimes to find out where you’re going, you have to discover what you’ve left behind: Two teens hit the road in this breathtaking novel from Jennifer E. Smith, author of The Statistical Improbability of Love at First Sight. Emma and her neighbor Peter are both lonely in a way that only bothers them occasionally. They both come from families they don’t quite understand. They both feel like something big is missing from their lives—and they’re both about to search for answers. When Emma makes a discovery that shakes the foundations of her identity, she convinces Peter to join her for a road trip. Each of them has something to find: For Emma, it is a grave—a grave that may be her only connection to her family. Peter is seeking something harder to define, but perhaps easier to navigate—a freedom, a sense of something more than what he has. Together, they take to the open road, engaging in a universal quest to make sense of who they are and where they come from…and learning a thing or two about love along the way.

Helene Utterback

This book started off a bit rough for me, but there was a point in the middle where Emma talks to her sister that really resonated with me. I still think the romance was unnecessary, but I really enjoyed the more meaningful conversations that Emma has with her family and with Peter.

I understand what it is like to lose someone you never knew, and how it can effect you anyway, and I think the author depicts it accurately.

Georgia Carr

Hmmm, I don't know about this one. I mean, after reading it, I'm not entirely sure I know what happened. 

I like the idea of a roadtrip, although it's much overused, and the added factors of parents and problems, but I just didn't feel this book was particularly great in terms of reaching an endpoint. It was good, but the amount of metaphors drove me crazy.

Emma Healy has grown used to being the only ordinary one in her rather extraordinary family. But when she finds a birth certificate for a twin brother she never knew she had, along with a death certificate dated just two days later, she realizes why she never felt quite whole. She sets off on a trip to visit her brother’s grave. Peter Finnegan, her neighbor, comes along for the ride. Emma thinks they can’t possibly have anything in common, but with each passing mile, they find themselves learning more and more about themselves and each other.

I fell in love with The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight. I knew I had to read this one. It was cute. But I wanted more.

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