Love You Hate You Miss You
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Get this, I'm supposed to be starting a journal about "my journey." Please. I can see it now: Dear Diary, As I'm set adrift on this crazy sea called "life" . . . I don't think so.
It's been seventy-five days. Amy's sick of her parents suddenly taking an interest in her.
And she's really sick of people asking her about Julia. Julia's gone now, and she doesn't want to talk about it. They wouldn't get it, anyway. They wouldn't understand what it feels like to have your best friend ripped away from you.
They wouldn't understand what it feels like to know it's your fault.
Amy's shrink thinks it would help to start a diary. Instead, Amy starts writing letters to Julia.
But as she writes letter after letter, she begins to realize that the past wasn't as perfect as she thought it was—and the present deserves a chance too.
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Author Extras
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Critical Praise for
Love You Hate You Miss You
"Deceptively touching…the twist of a family of thieves gives the story originality."
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School Library Journal
"Dani, with her witty dialogue, gives a new perspective full of hope to YAs who feel trapped between family and friends."
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KLIATT
"Scott tells a surprising story...Dani is a brave teen who can and does shape a strong future for herself."
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ALA Booklist
"The fast–paced, conversational first–person narration makes for good escapist entertainment."
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Kirkus Reviews
"Few other writers tell stories as heartbreaking, hilarious, complicated and true as Elizabeth Scott, and LOVE YOU HATE YOU MISS YOU is probably her very best yet."
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Claudia Gray, author of Evernight
"Reminiscent of John Green’s Looking for Alaska (2005)...a satisfying story of an engaging heroine successfully naming and confronting her demons."
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Booklist
“Few other writers tell stories as heartbreaking, hilarious, complicated and true as Elizabeth Scott, and LOVE YOU HATE YOU MISS YOU is probably her very best yet.”
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Claudia Gray, author of Evernight
“Reminiscent of John Green’s Looking for Alaska (2005)...a satisfying story of an engaging heroine successfully naming and confronting her demons.”
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Booklist
“Elizabeth Scott is quickly becoming one of my favorite writers, possessing great range and a willingness to lead readers into even the most heart-wrenching of stories. In Love You, Hate You, Miss You (Harper), Amy blames herself for her best friend Julia’s death. To begin healing, she must discover who she is on her own and come to terms with what really happened.”
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Cynthia Leitich Smith, author of Tantalize and Eternal
“The plot is elegantly carried by [Amy’s] honest, clear expression of how she feels about what she is going through.”
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School Library Journal
“Layered with emotion.”
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Publishers Weekly
“One teen’s grief is thoroughly, heart–wrenchingly explored in this affecting novel. Scott takes no shortcuts with characterization; everyone is shaded with nuance.”
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Horn Book Magazine
“Emotional, heartbreaking, and believable. Scott’s writing is clear and spare, almost poetic in the imagery that is created.”
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Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)
Praise for Stealing Heaven:
“Good escapist entertainment.”
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Kirkus Reviews
“A gripping story about growing up, breaking free, and making some of life’s most important choices. Grabbed me on the first page and didn’t let me go until the very last word.”
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Carolyn Mackler, author of Tangled and The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things, a Michael L. Printz Honor Book
“An addictive book about a real world that feels like a fantasy—where everything gleams of silver and nothing stays in one place for very long.”
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Maureen Johnson, author of 13 Little Blue Envelopes
“Stealing Heaven just may steal your heart.”
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A.M. Jenkins, author of Repossessed, a Michael L. Printz Honor Book
“Deceptively touching…the twist of a family of thieves gives the story originality.”
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School Library Journal
“Scott tells a surprising story…Dani is a brave teen who can and does shape a strong future for herself. ”
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Booklist
“Dani, with her witty dialogue, gives a new perspective full of hope to YAs who feel trapped between family and friends.”
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KLIATT
“This blend of old–fashioned love story with lively contemporary details will satisfy readers fond of a solid summer romance.”
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Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
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Stealing Heaven
My name is Danielle. I'm eighteen. I've been stealing things for as long as I can remember. Dani has been trained as a thief by the best—her mother. Together, they move from town to town, targeting wealthy homes and making a living by stealing antique silver. They never stay in one place...
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