Editorial Content for A World Without You
Book
Contributors
Reviewer (text)
Since Bo lost his girlfriend, Sofía, his world has been upside down. They both attended Berkshire Academy, a boarding school for troubled youth, but Bo likes to believe he knows the truth: that the school is for kids with special abilities. After all, Bo can time travel. That’s how he lost Sofía in the first place; he left her behind in the past. While everyone else seems to believe Sofía committed suicide, Bo know he can get her back using his powers. Read More
Teaser
Seventeen-year-old Bo has always had delusions that he can travel through time. When he was ten, Bo claimed to have witnessed the Titanic hit an iceberg, and at 15, he found himself on a Civil War battlefield, horrified by the bodies surrounding him. So when his concerned parents send him to a school for troubled youth, Bo assumes he knows the truth: that he’s actually attending Berkshire Academy, a school for kids who, like Bo, have "superpowers."
Promo
Seventeen-year-old Bo has always had delusions that he can travel through time. When he was ten, Bo claimed to have witnessed the Titanic hit an iceberg, and at 15, he found himself on a Civil War battlefield, horrified by the bodies surrounding him. So when his concerned parents send him to a school for troubled youth, Bo assumes he knows the truth: that he’s actually attending Berkshire Academy, a school for kids who, like Bo, have "superpowers."
About the Book
Seventeen-year-old Bo has always had delusions that he can travel through time. When he was ten, Bo claimed to have witnessed the Titanic hit an iceberg, and at 15, he found himself on a Civil War battlefield, horrified by the bodies surrounding him. So when his concerned parents send him to a school for troubled youth, Bo assumes he knows the truth: that he’s actually attending Berkshire Academy, a school for kids who, like Bo, have "superpowers."
At Berkshire, Bo falls in love with Sofia, a quiet girl with a tragic past and the superpower of invisibility. Sofia helps Bo open up in a way he never has before. In turn, Bo provides comfort to Sofia, who lost her mother and two sisters at a very young age.
But even the strength of their love isn’t enough to help Sofia escape her deep depression. After she commits suicide, Bo is convinced that she's not actually dead. He believes that she's stuck somewhere in time --- that he somehow left her in the past, and now it's his job to save her.
Not since Ned Vizzini’s IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY STORY has there been such a heartrending depiction of mental illness. In her first contemporary novel, Beth Revis guides readers through the mind of a young man struggling to process his grief as he fights his way through his delusions. As Bo becomes more and more determined to save Sofia, he has to decide whether to face his demons head-on, or succumb to a psychosis that will let him be with the girl he loves.
Todd Ruthman
The only person you should ever compete with is yourself. You can't hope for a fairer match.
Attribution
July 26, 2016
In this newsletter, you will find books releasing the weeks of July 25th and August 1st that we think will be of interest to Bookreporter.com readers, along with Bonus News, where we call out a contest, feature or review that we want to let you know about so you have it on your radar. This week, we are calling attention to our Sneak Peek contest for THE OTHER EINSTEIN by Marie Benedict. Also, please keep in mind our Word of Mouth and Sounding Off on Audio contests, the latter of which ends on Monday, August 1st at noon ET, and be sure to vote in our poll about reading the last page of a book first.
July 26, 2016This Bookreporter.com Special Newsletter spotlights a book that we think is a great summer reading selection. Read more about it, and enter our Summer Reading Contest by Wednesday, July 27th at 11:59am ET for a chance to win one of five copies of GOOD AS GONE by Amy Gentry, which is now available. Please note that each contest is only open for 24 hours, so you will need to act quickly!
|







