I Hope You Get This Message

Rishi is to be commended for taking a plot that sounds like a summer action blockbuster movie and . . . infusing it all along the way with oodles of heart. --Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) &#8220For Adeem, Cate, Jesse and readers alike, the end of the world might turn out to be the beginning of hope. --BookPage.com (starred review) An entertaining, well-written coming-of-age story set during the end of the world. --School Library Journal Rishi's debut consistently tugs heartstrings, and the multiple perspectives allow an intimate look into each character--their brand of pain may vary, but it hurts just the same. --ALA Booklist Rishi's debut novel skillfully addresses complex contemporary issues on both the global (environmental damage, war, greed) and personal (identity, mental health) scales. --Horn Book Magazine Part road trip story and part tale of human resilience, this debut examines human nature and how people react in the most desperate of times. --Publishers Weekly Tautly plotted, with realistic characters and situations, this debut will please enthusiasts of both science fiction and realistic fiction. --Kirkus Reviews A stunning and bold debut, the kind of sweeping story that is devoured in a single sitting. Part Arrival, part They Both Die at the End, this is an emotional tale of three kids who face their own demise with hope, courage, and a whole lot of bad decisions. --Mark Oshiro, Schneider Award-winning author of Anger Is a Gift Heart-wrenching, absorbingly clever, and beautifully written. Rishi deftly balances a tale of global consequences with riveting, intimate, and deeply personal stories. I Hope You Get This Message is one of the best and freshest YA stories I've seen in a long time. --R.F. Kuang, author of The Poppy War If aliens were to read Rishi's beautifully written book, they would discover that human beings are gloriously weighed down by gravity--the gravity of love, of memory, and most of all of our connections to each other. This is a vital debut with a big, beating heart. --Abdi Nazemian, author of Like a Love Story Imaginative, funny, and frank, I Hope You Get This Message is a must-read debut about love, loss, hope, and the real-world choices we make in our final days. --Sona Charaipotra, author of Symptoms of a Heartbreak and coauthor of the Tiny Pretty Things series The end of the world has never been this mesmerizing. I couldn't look away from Farah Naz Rishi's stunning debut that shows humanity in all its many shades of truth. --Adam Silvera, New York Times bestselling author of They Both Die at the End Thought-provoking and full of heart, I Hope You Get This Message reminds us how fragile and fleeting time can be. One of the best debut novels I've read in a long time! --Akemi Dawn Bowman, author of Starfish, a William C. Morris Award Finalist