The Atlas of Us

By: Kristin Dwyer

Narrated by: Alexandra Hunter

“A complete knockout. Readers will be thinking of this story long after they finish the final page.” —Adalyn Grace, New York Times bestselling author of Belladonna

“Utterly compelling and impossible to put down.” —Rachel Griffin, New York Times bestselling author of Bring Me Your Midnight

“I’ve never read a book that felt so much like picking up pieces of a broken heart—powerful, poignant, and true.” —Axie Oh, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea and XOXO

Atlas has lost her way.

In a last-ditch effort to pull her life together, she’s working on a community service program rehabbing trails in the Western Sierras. The only plus is that the days are so exhausting that Atlas might just be tired enough to forget that this was one of her dad’s favorite places in the world. Before cancer stole him from her life, that is.

Using real names is forbidden on the trail. So Atlas becomes Maps, and with her team—Books, Sugar, Junior, and King—she heads into the wilderness. As she sheds the lies she’s built up as walls to protect herself, she realizes that four strangers might know her better than anyone has before. And with the end of the trail racing to meet them, Maps is left counting down the days until she returns to her old life—without her new family, and without King, who’s become more than just a friend.

Meh...

(Audible) This was a slower book. Mainly about finding and building connections with others and processing loss.

Kristin is the queen of teen angst!

No one writes tenderhearted, vulnerable YA Romance like Kristin does. Can't wait for someone to adapt her books for screen!!

a journey through grief

a beautiful slice of life book. i’m not generally a fan of slice of life books as i find them too slow. this did feel a little slow in the middle but the feelings that it details and the feelings that this story brings about kept me going. it had a beautiful ending. it’s a story of grief, coping and growth.

Story is not believable

How does one manage to hike repeatedly with their parent and have absolutely no clue about hiking? And how is 3 troubled teens let down a dangerous trail with inexperienced 20-year olds for guides?
And that’s just the beginning. This story was definately not for me.