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Wild Awake

by Hilary T. Smith

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Music, loss, and a mystery from the past

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AlbakiReads Editorial

Music, loss, and a mystery from the past

Kiri Byrd’s summer plans revolve around music, a band contest, and the hope that her best friend Lukas will see her differently. Then a stranger’s call connects her to belongings left behind by Sukey, her sister who died five years earlier. That disruption brings Kiri’s ambitions into contact with grief and unresolved questions about her family. The story’s young-adult mystery is closely tied to its portrait of loss, love, and the search for meaning, giving the musical competition and the revelation about Sukey a shared place in Kiri’s summer.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in coming-of-age stories involving family loss.
  • Readers who enjoy young-adult mysteries connected to a protagonist’s personal life.
  • Readers drawn to stories that combine music, friendship, and romantic hopes.

Themes

Grief and lossFamily mysteriesMusic and ambitionFriendship and romantic hopesComing of age

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Book overview

In Wild Awake, Hilary T. Smith's exhilarating and heart-wrenching YA debut novel, seventeen-year-old Kiri Byrd has big plans for her summer without her parents. She intends to devote herself to her music and win Battle of the Bands with her bandmate and best friend, Lukas. Perhaps then, in the excitement of victory, he will finally realize she's the girl of his dreams.

But a phone call from a stranger shatters Kiri's plans. He says he has her sister's stuff--her sister, Sukey, who died five years ago. This call throws Kiri into a spiral of chaos that opens old wounds and new mysteries.

Like If I Stay and The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Wild Awake explores loss, love, and what it means to be alive.

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