A Year to the Day

Ages 13 And Up, Grades 8 And Up

National Book Award–winning author Robin Benway returns with "a reminder of how fortunate we are to love and be loved" (NYT Book Review) and "an emotional gut punch" (BCCB) in this story of love, loss, and sisterhood that will claim a permanent place in your heart.

It’s been a year—a year of missing Nina.Leo can’t remember what happened the night of the accident. Just that she left the party with her older sister, Nina, and Nina’s boyfriend, East. And now Nina is dead, killed by a drunk driver and leaving Leo with a hole inside her that’s impossible to fill.In their shared grief, East and Leo turn to each other for understanding and friendship. But then Leo discovers that East remembers every detail of the accident—and he won’t tell her anything about it. In fact, he refuses to talk about that night at all.As the days tumble one into the next, Leo’s story comes together while her world falls apart. How can she move on if she never knows what really happened that night? And is happiness even possible in a world without Nina?

About the Author

Robin Benway is a National Book Award–winning and New York Times–bestselling author of seven novels for young adults, including Audrey, Wait!, the AKA series, Emmy & Oliver, and Far From the Tree. Her books have received numerous awards and recognition, including a 2008 Blue Ribbon Award from the Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books, ALA Booklist’s Best Books for Young Adults in 2009, and ALA Booklist’s Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults in 2017. In addition, her novels have received starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews, ALA Booklist, and Publishers Weekly and have been published in more than twenty countries. Her book Far From the Tree won the 2017 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature and the PEN America award.