Falling into Place

One cold fall day, high school junior Liz Emerson steers her car into a tree. This haunting & heartbreaking story is told by a surprising & unexpected narrator & unfolds in nonlinear flashbacks even as Liz's friends, foes, & family gather at the hospital & Liz clings to life. This riveting debut will appeal to fans of Before I Fall, by Lauren Oliver, & 13 Reasons Why, by Jay Asher.

"On the day Liz Emerson tries to die, they had reviewed Newton's laws of motion in physics class. Then, after school, she put them into practice by running her Mercedes off the road." 

Why did Liz Emerson decide that the world would be better off without her? Why did she give up? The nonlinear novel pieces together the short & devastating life of Meridian High's most popular junior girl. Mass, acceleration, momentum, force—Liz didn't understand it in physics, & even as her Mercedes hurtles toward the tree, she doesn't understand it now. 

How do we impact one another? How do our actions reverberate? What does it mean to be a friend? To love someone? To be a daughter? Or a mother? Is life truly more than cause & effect? Amy Zhang's haunting & universal story will appeal to fans of Lauren Oliver, Gayle Forman, & Jay Asher.

AMY ZHANG is the author of Falling into Place, a Top Ten Indie Next Pick, & the acclaimed This Is Where the World Ends. She was born in China, spent her childhood in the Midwest, & received her BA from Hamilton College in “Philosophy & Poetics,” a degree that she made up. When she isn’t writing she can be found playing the