Keep Her

2016 Best Book Award Finalist, Fiction: Young Adult

“Fans of meant-to-be romance stories will not be disappointed.”
—VOYA

“Leora Krygier weaves an eloquent story about two star-crossed lovers. I absolutely loved this heartbreaking but uplifting tale.”
—Linda Schreyer, author of Tears and Tequila

Destiny doesn’t factor into seventeen-year-old adoptee Maddie’s rational world, where numbers and scientific probability have always proven to be the only things she can count on as safe and reliable. Still, Maddie is also an artist who draws on instinct and intuition to create the collages she makes from photographs and the castoff scraps she saves. But when her brother falls in with a Los Angeles street gang, Maddie loses her ability to create art.

Then fate deals Maddie a card she can’t ignore: Aiden, a young filmmaker she meets when a water main bursts inside a camera store. Aiden is haunted by the death of his younger brother, and a life-changing decision he must now make—whether or not to keep his baby daughter. Caught in a whirlpool of love and loss, Maddie and Aiden find that art and numbers, a mission to save endangered whales, and a worn-out copy of Moby Dick all collide to heal and save them both.

Author: Leora Krygier

Publication Date: September 6, 2016

Categories: Fall 2016, Young Adult

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2016 Best Book Award Finalist, Fiction: Young Adult

“Fans of meant-to-be romance stories will not be disappointed.”
—VOYA

“Leora Krygier weaves an eloquent story about two star-crossed lovers. I absolutely loved this heartbreaking but uplifting tale.”
—Linda Schreyer, author of Tears and Tequila

“A riveting, complex tale of adventure and love. Maddie and Aiden, both unmoored by loss, make their way—together.”
— Sarah Lamstein, author of Hunger Moon

“A flood, a drought and saving endangered ocean animals are gently woven into Leora Krygier’s new novel, Keep Her—a beautifully told tale of Maddie and Aiden, who discover themselves while navigating the magical world of meant-to-be love.”
—Jackie Hirtz, co-author of Lola Zola and the Lemonade Crush

“Krygier writes like she knows the characters personally…the sentiment behind the characters pasts is remarkable. I have never read a story as filled with passion and regret as this book.”
—Teen Reads

“This compelling fall book will have readers glued to the page and rooting for Maddie along the way.”
—SheKnows

“An outstanding adventure about teenagers who heal through love and shared passions, Keep Her will leave you mesmerized until the last word is furiously devoured by your heart. Oh, and whale lovers, you’ll want in on this one.”
—Bookstr

“This vibrantly dazzling literary cocktail on the restorative powers of love will leave ever reader’s heart renewed this Fall.”
—Popsugar

About the Author

Leora Krygier is the author of When She Sleeps (Toby Press) a New York Public Library Selection for “Best Books for the Teen Age,” and about which Newsweek raved, “Krygier’s luminous prose transports the reader.” She is also a former Los Angeles Superior Court judge and the author of Juvenile Court: A Judge’s Guide for Young Adults and their Parents (Scarecrow Press). She lives in Los Angeles with her husband. When she’s not writing, she loves to go to the beach, walk the Santa Monica Mountain trails, and snap lots and lots of photographs.