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Until the Ribbon Breaks

by E. K. Blair

A summer shaped by recovery and uneasy connection

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A summer shaped by recovery and uneasy connection

Harlow’s summer before senior year takes place inside Hopewell, a juvenile mental health facility where she is dealing with depression and the aftermath of a suicide attempt. The arrival of Sebastian—someone she strongly dislikes from school—upends the isolation of her stay and leads the two to confront their insecurities and begin relying on one another. The story then shifts beyond the facility: returning to school means facing familiar lives without the safeguards Hopewell offered. Its central concerns are mental health, vulnerability, and the strain of carrying a newly formed connection into the pressures of senior year.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in fiction about depression and mental health.
  • Readers looking for a story centered on an unexpected connection between school peers.
  • Readers interested in characters navigating the transition from treatment back to school and home life.

Themes

Depression and recoveryVulnerability and trustFriendshipReturning to school after treatment

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Book overview

Being locked up in a juvenile mental health facility was the last place Harlow thought she'd be spending the summer before her senior year of high school. Battling with massive depressive disorder and a past suicide attempt, one wouldn't think things could get much worse. That is, until Hopewell's newest patient arrives-Sebastian. Popular, arrogant, and the one person Harlow despises the most at school; it couldn't possibly get any worse, could it?

 

With nowhere to hide, Harlow is forced to come face to face with her deepest insecurities-insecurities that will pave the way for her to forge an unforeseen friendship with Sebastian. Together, they learn to lean on each other in order to find the strength to drop their walls and see each other's truths.

 

But it's when they leave Hopewell and return home that life becomes even more complicated and lines begin to blur. Stripped of all their safeguards that Hopewell provided and thrusted back into their lives, the two of them must rely on each other as they navigate through their senior year.

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