A Better Bad Idea (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781250225955)

Laurie Devore's new YA novel is a searing look at a forgotten girl who has no good choices left, but one better bad idea . . .

Evelyn Peters is desperate. Desperate for a way out of McNair Falls, the dying southern town that's held her captive since the day she was born. Desperate to protect her little sister from her mother's terrifying and abusive boyfriend. And desperate to connect with anyone, even fallen golden boy Ashton Harper, longtime boyfriend of the girl Evelyn can never stop thinking about -- beautiful, volatile, tragically dead Reid Brewer.

Until a single night sends Evelyn and Ashton on a collision course that starts something neither of them can stop. With one struck match, their whole world goes up in flames. The only thing left to do is run--but leaving McNair Falls isn't as easy as just putting distance between here and there and some secrets refuse to stay left behind.

A reckoning is coming . . . and not everyone is getting out alive.

Author: Laurie DeVore
ISBN-10: 1250225957
ISBN-13: 9781250225955
Publisher: Imprint
Language: English
Published: 03/16/2021
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.60w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2021
Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2021
School Library Journal 03/01/2021 pg. 105
Booklist 03/15/2021 pg. 50

About the Author
Laurie Devore was born and raised in small town South Carolina and graduated from Clemson University. After four years in the balmy Midwest, she returned to her home in the south, where she now lives and works in Charleston. In her spare time, she reluctantly runs marathons, watches too much TV, and works a "y'all" into every conversation. She is the author of Winner Take All and How to Break a Boy.