'Anyone who's ever dealt with a bad breakup will love this book.It's almost unfair to slap Why We Broke Up with a 'young adult' label, since the novel by writer Daniel Handler and illustrator Maira Kalman will connect with anyone who has ever had an ex. 'Sure to resonate with all young adults.'- Library Media Connection Why We Broke Up is real and compelling.'- VOYA 'Happiness, passion, betrayal, and despair are detailed in stream of consciousness.

* 'Kalman's spare illustrations of the objects heighten the overall enjoyment and perfectly complement Handler's accomplished prose.'- The Horn Book (starred review) * 'Handler is at his best when he's creating verbal collages of ordinary, recognizable high-school moments.Like the perfect breakup song, this turns the searing experience of losing your heart into a cathartic work of art.'- The Bulletin (starred review) * 'Handler shows exceptional skill at getting inside Min's head and heart.lending real pathos to Min's memorabilia and making her sorrow all the more palpable.'- Publishers Weekly (starred review) * 'As objects from the box are revealed in Kalman's vividly rendered paintings, readers are taken beneath the surface of what will no doubt be one of the most talked-about romances in teen literature.A poignant, exhilarating tale of a love affair gone to the dogs.'- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

* 'A bittersweet diatribe of their break-up arranged around objects.all the more powerful because of how they evoke truth more than any mere relaying of facts.'- Booklist (starred review)

* 'Characters are vivid, and their portrayal is enriched by realistic dialogue.Hander offers a heartbreaking, bittersweet, and compelling romance with a unique angle and flare.'- School Library Journal (starred review) It's more difficult to take such an everyday tragedy with a predictable ending and elevate it to an end point of enduring, emotionally effective art.'- Los Angeles Times 'It's easy to predict how Handler's story will conclude from the book's few pages. This poignant, bittersweet novel centers on a box of objects infused with memories of her brief, unforgettable love.'- Entertainment Weekly 'The Lemony Snicket author (writing under his own name) convincingly inhabits the mind of Min, a teenage girl reeling from her first heartbreak. * 'Characters are vivid, and their portrayal is enriched by realistic dialogue.Hander offers a heartbreaking, bittersweet, and compelling romance with a unique angle and flare.'- School Library Journal, starred reviewĢ012 Printz Honor Book ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults Title School Library Journal Best Book of the Year Kirkus Reviews Best YA Book of the Year Booklist Editor's Choice Pick Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College Outstanding Book of the Year

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