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You've Reached Sam

By Dustin Thao
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Publisher Description

An Instant New York Times Bestseller!

If I Stay meets Your Name in Dustin Thao's You've Reached Sam, a heartfelt novel about love and loss and what it means to say goodbye.

Seventeen-year-old Julie Clarke has her future all planned out—move out of her small town with her boyfriend Sam, attend college in the city; spend a summer in Japan. But then Sam dies. And everything changes.

Heartbroken, Julie skips his funeral, throws out his belongings, and tries everything to forget him. But a message Sam left behind in her yearbook forces memories to return. Desperate to hear him one more time, Julie calls Sam's cell phone just to listen to his voice mail recording. And Sam picks up the phone.

The connection is temporary. But hearing Sam's voice makes Julie fall for him all over again and with each call, it becomes harder to let him go.

What would you do if you had a second chance at goodbye?

A 2021 Kids' Indie Next List Selection
A Cosmo.com Best YA Book Of 2021
A Buzzfeed Best Book Of November
A Goodreads Most Anticipated Book

640 Reviews

3.5
Thinking Face“I was just expecting more and not for the female character to be so needy. I know she's grieving, but still.”
Believable charactersCharacters change and growLikable charactersDescriptive writingEasy to read
Loudly Crying Face“I cried while reading it and after finishing it. It hurt me, it broke my heart. I LOVED it ♥️”
Beautifully written
Loudly Crying Face“I CRIED FOR DAYZZZ WITH THIS BOOK I JUST LOVED THIS BOOKS SO MUCH IT WILL ALWAYS HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART😭😭”
Characters change and growBeautifully writtenAddictiveBeautiful settingImmersive settingHeartbreakingRomantic
Loudly Crying Face“I’m sobbing rn. Full on body sobs.”
Beautifully writtenEasy to readAddictiveTragicMade me cryUnlikable characters
Thinking Face“I thought this book was just okay. I felt like the ending was rushed and was also unsatisfying. I never really got into it and it took me forever to finish it. I did, however, bawl my eyes out at one or two parts. But otherwise, it was just okay.”
Made me cryDidn't grab my attentionRushed endingUnengaging charactersUnsatisfying ending

About Dustin Thao

Dustin Thao is a Vietnamese-American writer based in Southern California. He graduated from Amherst College with a B.A. in Political Science, and is in a PhD program at Northwestern University. He writes contemporary young adult fiction. You’ve Reached Sam is his YA debut.

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