Seventeen-year-old Chloe had a plan: work hard, get good grades, and attend a top-tier college. But after she collapses during cross-country practice and is told that she needs a new heart, all her careful preparations are laid to waste.
Eight months after her transplant, everything is different. Stuck in summer school with the underachievers, all she wants to do now is grab her surfboard and hit the waves—which is strange, because she wasn’t interested in surfing before her transplant. (It doesn’t hurt that her instructor, Kai, is seriously good-looking.)
And that’s not all that’s strange. There’s also the vivid recurring nightmare about crashing a motorcycle in a tunnel and memories of people and places she doesn’t recognize.
Is there something wrong with her head now, too, or is there another explanation for what she’s experiencing?
As she searches for answers, and as her attraction to Kai intensifies, what she learns will lead her to question everything she thought she knew—about life, death, love, identity, and the true nature of reality.
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My Review: This is one of those books that I had a love/hate relationship. I enjoyed the start but the ending sections were just kind of ugh/WTF. I wished that this didn't have so many plot holes and that it had a more satisfying ending. The characters were ok but the story was just lacking on where it really wanted to go for me.
Review
“Everything I Thought I Knew is a page-turning, mind-bending story of hope and healing. The reader will root for Chloe from page one as she navigates her world post–heart transplant and tries to meld her prior reality with her new one. I couldn’t put it down; it is a beautiful debut from a talented new voice in YA.”
—Alexandra Ballard, author of What I Lost
The thoughtful balance of self-discovery, humor, and realistic relationships will bring in fans of John Green and Nicola Yoon. Readers looking for a good, cathartic cry will love Chloe’s journey from losing everything she thought she was, to finding the person she was meant to be.
—School Library Journal
Romance and quantum physics intertwine in this frothy introduction to multiverse SF.
—Kirkus Reviews
This is a satisfying soaper that combines pleasing romance with an enticing touch of the otherworldly.
—Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
[D]ebut author Takaoka weaves a compelling tale of following one’s instincts and for connections that outlast physical life.
—Publishers Weekly
With its high stakes, sci-fi bent, great surfing scenes, love story, and emotional ups and downs with family and friends, this book is a page-turning pleaser for many different kinds of readers.
—Common Sense Media
—Alexandra Ballard, author of What I Lost
The thoughtful balance of self-discovery, humor, and realistic relationships will bring in fans of John Green and Nicola Yoon. Readers looking for a good, cathartic cry will love Chloe’s journey from losing everything she thought she was, to finding the person she was meant to be.
—School Library Journal
Romance and quantum physics intertwine in this frothy introduction to multiverse SF.
—Kirkus Reviews
This is a satisfying soaper that combines pleasing romance with an enticing touch of the otherworldly.
—Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
[D]ebut author Takaoka weaves a compelling tale of following one’s instincts and for connections that outlast physical life.
—Publishers Weekly
With its high stakes, sci-fi bent, great surfing scenes, love story, and emotional ups and downs with family and friends, this book is a page-turning pleaser for many different kinds of readers.
—Common Sense Media
About the Author
Shannon Takaoka has worked as a writer, editor, and public relations consultant in the technology and life sciences field. She is a lover of all things nerdy—from time travel to weird science and dragons. Everything I Thought I Knew is her first novel. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and two children.
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