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We'll Fly Away

by Bryan Bliss

A friendship shaped by difficult choices

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Awards & Recognition

  • Award recognition

    CYBILS Young Adult Fiction Finalist

    Young Adult Fiction Finalist

  • Editorial selection

    Booklist Editors' Choice

    Editors' Choice

AlbakiReads Editorial

A friendship shaped by difficult choices

Luke and Toby’s long-standing plan to leave their town is set against the pressures of family abuse, unreliable support at home, and the uncertainty of growing apart. The novel connects their senior year of high school with letters Luke writes to Toby later, from death row, giving the friendship a frame that spans both hope for escape and its consequences. Abuse, poverty, love, loyalty, and the lengths people go to protect one another are central to the book’s concerns.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teen and young adult readers interested in stories about close friendships under strain.
  • Readers seeking young adult fiction that addresses family abuse, poverty, and difficult personal choices.
  • Readers interested in stories that connect high school life with later consequences through letters.

Themes

Friendship and loyaltyFamily abuse and instabilityPoverty and limited prospectsLove and protectionChoices and consequences

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Book overview

National Book Award Longlist Title * Booklist Editors' Choice * CYBILS Young Adult Fiction Finalist * Nerdy Book Club Award for Best Young Adult Fiction * Paste Magazine Best Book * YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults

"A compelling and raw story."--Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"[Bliss dares] his readers not only to see the depths of human complexity, but to care."--Booklist (starred review)

Luke and Toby have always had each other's backs. But then one choice--or maybe it is a series of choices--sets them down an irrevocable path.We'll Fly Awayweaves together Luke and Toby's senior year of high school with letters Luke writes to Toby later--from death row.

Best friends since childhood, Luke and Toby have dreamed of one thing: getting out of their dead-end town. Soon they finally will, riding the tails of Luke's wrestling scholarship, never looking back. If they don't drift apart first. If Toby's abusive dad, or Luke's unreliable mom, or anything else their complicated lives throw at them doesn't get in the way.

Tense and emotional, this hard-hitting novel explores family abuse, sex, love, and friendship, and how far people will go to protect those they love. For fans of Jason Reynolds, Marieke Nijkamp, and NPR's Serial podcast.

Praise for We'll Fly Away:

"Bryan Bliss has written an empathetic and stirring novel about what it means to fight for the outcasts, the forgotten, and even the hated, reminding us that we all have worth. That we are all valuable."--Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking

"A poignant story of loyalty, abuse, and poverty. . . . This compassionate and beautifully rendered novel packs an emotional punch."--KirkusReviews (starred review)

"A smart, rugged, all-too-true story of friendship under fire. Believable characters and page-turning tension."--Chris Crutcher, author of Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes

"This fast-paced read will have teens tearing through chapters to find out why Luke is in jail. . . . The conclusion will leave them devastated. This is [a] touching book about male friendship for fans of Jason Reynolds."--School Library Journal

"The unshakable and unconditional bond between the young men is tested and proves true, a ray of light in the darkness of their stories."--VOYA

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