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A Constellation of Minor Bears

by Jen Ferguson

Grief, friendship, and a trail forward

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Grief, friendship, and a trail forward

Molly’s planned postgraduation hike on the Pacific Crest Trail becomes a test of how she lives with anger and guilt after her brother Hank’s traumatic brain injury. She knows his friend Tray did not cause the climbing accident, yet resents him for being there—and herself for not being there. With her parents placing Tray in charge of her on the hike, the journey brings their strained friendship into close quarters. The trail gives the novel a physical frame for Molly’s struggle to accept that life has changed, while keeping the focus on the bonds among the three teens and what remains of them after the accident.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Young adult readers interested in stories about friendship under strain.
  • Readers drawn to hiking and Pacific Crest Trail settings.
  • Readers interested in characters navigating anger, guilt, and a family member’s traumatic brain injury.

Themes

Enduring friendshipAnger and guiltTraumatic brain injury and its effectsLife after an unexpected changeHiking and the Pacific Crest Trail

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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!

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