Home › Hardcover Books › A Constellation of Minor Bears

A Constellation of Minor Bears

by Jen Ferguson

A difficult hike, an unresolved friendship

Regular price $17.71 USD
Regular price $29.52 USD Sale price $17.71 USD
Save 40%

Hardcover New

Format

Print BookCurrently viewing Hardcover $17.71 USD$29.52 USD
Print BookAvailable Paperback $15.24 USD$25.40 USD
Delivery to your door
In stock·Dispatches in 1–2 business days
Standard shipping* from $4.35
Standard shipping transit* 5–8 business days after dispatch

Faster options are available.

Rates and delivery estimates depend on your destination and item quantity. Estimates are informational only; the final shipping method and rate are selected at checkout.

Secure checkout
American Express Apple Pay DiscoverGoogle Pay Mastercard PayPalVisa
30-day eligible returns Returns & refunds policy

AlbakiReads Editorial

A difficult hike, an unresolved friendship

After her brother Hank sustains a traumatic brain injury in an indoor climbing accident, Molly is left carrying anger toward his best friend Tray, even as she recognizes he did not cause the injury. She also wrestles with her own regret at not being there. Molly sets out on the trio’s planned postgraduation hike along the Pacific Crest Trail, with Tray assigned to look out for her. The trek brings together grief, resentment, guilt, and the question of how a friendship might continue after a life-changing event. The trail setting gives this story a concrete frame for Molly’s effort to reckon with what happened and with the future she had imagined.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in stories about friendship under strain.
  • Readers seeking fiction that addresses family, injury, grief, and guilt.
  • Readers interested in a postgraduation backpacking journey on the Pacific Crest Trail.

Themes

Enduring friendshipResentment and forgivenessFamily and traumatic injuryGrief, guilt, and altered expectations

Based on publisher information and book metadata.

Book overview

A USA Today Bestseller

Award-winning author Jen Ferguson has written a powerful story about teens grappling with balancing resentment with enduring friendship--and how to move forward with a life that's not what they'd imagined.

Before that awful Saturday, Molly used to be inseparable from her brother, Hank, and his best friend, Tray. The indoor climbing accident that left Hank with a traumatic brain injury filled Molly with anger.

While she knows the accident wasn't Tray's fault, she will never forgive him for being there and failing to stop the damage. But she can't forgive herself for not being there either.

Determined to go on the trio's postgraduation hike of the Pacific Crest Trail, even without Hank, Molly packs her bag. But when her parents put Tray in charge of looking out for her, she is stuck backpacking with the person who incites her easy anger.

Despite all her planning, the trail she'll walk has a few more twists and turns ahead. . . .

Discover the evocative storytelling and emotion from the author of The Summer of Bitter and Sweet, winner of the Governor General's Award, a Stonewall Award honor book, and a Morris Award finalist, as well as Those Pink Mountain Nights, a Kirkus Best Book of the Year!

Shipping & returnsShipping options, delivery timing, and our return policy.

In-stock items normally dispatch within 1–2 business days. The ZIP-code estimator on this page is informational only; the final shipping method, price, and availability are confirmed at checkout for your full order.

For the initial delivery estimate we use these transit windows after dispatch: Standard 5–8 business days, Expedited 2–4 business days, and Priority 1–2 business days. Holiday delays are not included.

Eligible items can be returned within 30 days in accordance with our return policy.

Customer reviews