Even as life in his foster home starts to take its toll, Sebby and Mira together craft a world of magic rituals and impromptu road trips, designed to fix the broken parts of their lives.Īs Jeremy finds himself drawn into Sebby and Mira’s world, he begins to understand the secrets that they hide in order to protect themselves, to keep each other safe from those who don’t understand their quest to live for the impossible.Ī captivating and profound debut novel, Fans of the Impossible Life is a story about complicated love and the friendships that change you forever.įANS is a Fall 2015 Indie Next pick, a Junior Library Guild pick, and a 2016 Rainbow List Top Ten Pick Sebby, Mira’s gay best friend, is a boy who seems to carry sunlight around with him. When he sees Sebby for the first time across the school lawn, it’s as if he’s been expecting this blond, lanky boy with mischief glinting in his eye. Jeremy is the painfully shy art nerd at Saint Francis who’s been in self-imposed isolation after an incident that ruined his last year of school. She promised her parents she would at least try to pretend that she could act like a functioning human this time, not a girl who can’t get out of bed for days on end, who only feels awake when she’s with Sebby. Mira is starting over at Saint Francis Prep. the characters’ stories are so beautifully told and their struggles so hauntingly familiar that they will stay with readers long after they have finished the book." "An evocative novel about finding friendship, love, and oneself.
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