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by Jenny Hubbard (Author)
Michael L. Printz Honor Award-winning author of And We Stay Jenny Hubbard's powerful debut novel.
"One of the best young adult books I've read in years."--PAT CONROY
"Paper Covers Rock is dazzling in its intensity and intelligence, spell-binding in its terrible beauty." --KATHI APPELT, author of the Newbery Honor Book The Underneath
A Booklist Editors' Choice
A Horn Book Fanfare
A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
A Publishers Weekly Flying Start Author
A Booklist Top 10 First Novel for Youth
An ABC Top 10 New Voices Selection * "The poignant first-person narration is a deftly woven mixture of confessional entries, class assignments, poems, and letters. . . . [A] tense dictation of secrets, lies, manipulation, and the ambiguity of honor." --The Horn Book Magazine, Starred * "In the tradition of John Knowles's A Separate Peace. . . . A powerful, ambitious debut." --Publishers Weekly, Starred
* "Those who are looking for something to ponder will enjoy this compelling read." --School Library Journal, Starred * "This novel introduces Hubbard as a bright light to watch on the YA literary scene." --Booklist, Starred
Author Biography
Michael L. Printz Honor Award-winning And We Stay is Jenny Hubbard's second novel. Her first, Paper Covers Rock, was a William C. Morris Debut Award Finalist. A former English teacher, Jenny writes books and plays in her hometown of Slisbury, North Carolina, where she lives with her husband, a high school math teacher, and their rescue dog, Oliver. You can find Jenny on Facebook, follow her (and Oliver) on Twitter at @HubbardWrites, and visit her website at jennyhubbard.com.
