Perfect for fans of Patrick Ness, Meg Rosoff and Daniel Woodrell, What Beauty There Is is an unforgettable debut novel that is as compulsive as it is beautiful, and unflinchingly explores the power of determination, survival and love.\nWhen everything you love is in danger, how long can you keep running to survive?\nLife can be brutal 
Winter in Idaho. The sky is dark. It is cold enough to crack bones.\nJack knew it 
Jack Dahl has nothing left. Except his younger brother, Matty, who he'd die for. Their mother is gone, and their funds are quickly dwindling, Jack needs to make a choice: lose his brother to foster care, or find the drug money that sent his father to prison. 
...........\nSo did I 
Ava lives in isolation, a life of silence. For seventeen years her father, a merciless man, has controlled her fate. He has taught her to love no one.\nBut now Ava wants to break the rules - to let Jack in and open her heart. Then she discovers that Jack and her father are stalking the same money, and suddenly Ava is faced with a terrible choice: remain silent or speak out and help the brothers survive.\nDid I feel the flutter of wings when Jack and I met? Did I sense the coming tornado? 
Looking back, I think I did . . .\n'Beautifully written and superbly constructed, Anderson pulls you onto a chilling footpath of love and loss and keeps you there until you've read every last word' Ruta Sepetys, Carnegie Medal Winner

What Beauty There Is

Teen & Young Adult

Anderson, Cory

Literature & Fiction

Penguin

What Beauty There Is is Cory Anderson's stunning YA novel about brutality and beauty, and about broken people trying to survive--"Intense, brutal, and searingly honest,"What Beauty There Isisperfect for fans of Patrick Ness, Laura Ruby, and Meg Rosoff. To understand the truth, you have to start at the beginning. Winter in Idaho. The sky is dark. It is cold enough to crack bones. Living in harsh poverty, Jack Dahl is holding his breath. He and his younger brother have nothing--except each other. With his father incarcerated and his mother addicted to opiods, Jack faces a stark choice: lose his brother to foster care or find the drug money that sent his father to prison. He chooses the money. Ava Bardem lives in isolation, a life of silence. For seventeen years Ava's father, an abusive and merciless man, has controlled her fate. He has taught her to love no one. Now Victor Bardem is stalking the same money as Jack. When he picks up on Jack's trail, Ava must make her own wrenching choice: remain silent or speak, and help the brothers survive. Choices. They come at a price.

What Beauty There Is: A Novel

Roaring Brook Press

A 2022 William C. Morris YA Debut Award Finalist, What Beauty There Is is Cory Anderson's stunning novel about brutality and beauty, and about broken people trying to survive--"Intense, brutal, and searingly honest," perfect for fans of Patrick Ness, Laura Ruby, and Meg Rosoff. To understand the truth, you have to start at the beginning. Ava Bardem lives in isolation, a life of silence. For seventeen years, Ava's father, a merciless man, has controlled her fate. He's taught her to love no one. But then she meets Jack. Living in poverty, Jack Dahl is holding his breath. He and his younger brother have nothing--except each other. With their parents gone, Jack faces a stark choice: lose his brother to foster care or find the drug money that sent his father to prison. He chooses the money. Suddenly, Jack's and Ava's fates become intimately--and dangerously--linked as Ava's father hunts for the same money as Jack. When he picks up on Jack's trail, Ava must make her own wrenching choice: remain silent or speak and fight for Jack's survival. Choices. They come at a price.

Square Fish

Es invierno. El cielo está oscuro. Hace un frío capaz de quebrar los huesos. Jack y su hermano menor, Matty, viven en la extrema pobreza. No tienen nada, excepto el uno al otro. Y ahora Jack se enfrenta a una cruda elección: permitir que se lleven a su hermano a un centro de acogida de menores o encontrar el dinero por el que su padre fue encerrado en prisión. Jack elige el dinero. Ava vive una vida de silencio y aislamiento. Durante diecisiete años, su padre, un hombre despiadado, ha controlado su destino y le ha enseñado a no amar a nadie. Ahora él se encuentra tras el rastro del mismo dinero que Jack. Cuando los destinos de Jack y Ava se cruzan, ella habrá de tomar su propia decisión: permanecer en silencio o ayudar a que los hermanos sobrevivan. Elecciones. Siempre tienen sus consecuencias.

La belleza del mundo

History & Criticism

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