Desert Echoes
From Abdi Nazemian, the award-winning author of Like a Love Story and Only This Beautiful Moment, comes a suspenseful contemporary YA novel about loss and love.
Fifteen-year-old Kam is head over heels for Ash, the boy who swept him off his feet. But his family and best friend, Bodie, are worried. Something seems off about Ash. He also has a habit of disappearing, at times for days. When Ash asks Kam to join him on a trip to Joshua Tree, the two of them walk off into the sunset . . . but only Kam returns.
Two years later, Kam is still left with a hole in his heart and too many unanswered questions. So it feels like fate when a school trip takes him back to Joshua Tree. On the trip, Kam wants to find closure about what happened to Ash but instead finds himself in danger of facing a similar fate. In the desert, Kam must reckon with the truth of his past relationship--and the possibility of opening himself up to love once again.
Desert Echoes is a propulsive, moving story about human resilience and connection.
Author: Abdi Nazemian
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 09/10/2024
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.75w x 0.95d
ISBN: 9780063339637
Audience: Young Adult
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/24/2024
Booklist 07/01/2024 pg. 76
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2024
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2024
School Library Journal 12/06/2024 pg. 1
About the Author
Nazemian, Abdi: -
Abdi Nazemian is the author of Only This Beautiful Moment--winner of the 2024 Stonewall Award and 2024 Lambda Literary Award--and Like a Love Story, a Stonewall Honor Book and one of Time magazine's 100 Best YA Books of All Time. He is also the author of the young adult novels Desert Echoes, The Chandler Legacies, and The Authentics. His novel The Walk-In Closet won the Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Debut Fiction. His screenwriting credits include the films The Artist's Wife, The Quiet, and Menendez: Blood Brothers and the television series Ordinary Joe and The Village. He has been an executive producer and associate producer on numerous films, including Call Me by Your Name, Little Woods, and The House of Tomorrow. He lives in Los Angeles with his husband, their two children, and their dog, Disco. Find him online at abdinazemian.com.