Our Little World

<b>I was intrigued by <i>Our Little World</i> from the chilling first paragraph. It's a coming-of-age novel complicated by a tragic and untimely death and it's also a novel about two sisters you will never forget. I fell in love with the confidence of the writing and the colorful nostalgia of the mid-'80s details. <i>Our Little World</i> will transport and transfix you.&#151;Elin Hilderbrand</b><br><br>July 1985. It&#146;s a normal sweltering New Jersey summer for soon-to-be seventh grader Bee Kocsis. Her thoughts center only on sunny days spent at Deer Chase Lake on evenings chasing fireflies around her cul-de-sac with the neighborhood kids and on Max the boy who just moved in across the street. There's also the burgeoning&#160;worry that she'll never be as special as her younger sister Audrina who seems to effortlessly dazzle wherever she goes.&#160;<br><br>But when Max&#146;s little sister Sally goes missing at the lake Bee&#146;s long-held illusion of stability is shattered in an instant. As the families in her close-knit community turn inward suspicious and protective things in Bee&#146;s own home become increasingly strained most of all with Audrina when a shameful secret surfaces. With everything changed Bee and Audrina&#146;s already-fraught sisterhood is pushed to the limit as they grow up&#151;and apart&#151;in the wake of an innocence lost too soon.&#160;<br>&#160;<br>Perfect for readers of Celeste Ng&#146;s <i>Everything I Never Told You</i> <i>Our Little World</i> is a powerful and lyrical coming-of-age story that examines the complicated bond of sisterhood the corrosive power of envy and how the traumas of our youths can shape our identities for a lifetime.