Jasmine Warga

My Heart and Other Black Holes Jasmine Warga

Publisher Marketing: A lyrical and haunting debut novel about two teens who make a suicide pact and fall in love in the processSixteen-year-old physics nerd Aysel is obsessed with plotting her own death. With a mother who can barely look at her without wincing, classmates who whisper behind her back, and a father whose violent crime rocked her small town, Aysel is ready to turn her potential energy into nothingness. There s only one problem: she s not sure she has the courage to do it alone. But once she discovers a website with a section called Suicide Partners, Aysel s convinced she s found her solution: a teen boy with the username FrozenRobot (a.k.a. Roman) who s haunted by a family tragedy and is looking for a partner. Even though Aysel and Roman have nothing in common, they slowly start to fill in each other s broken lives. But as their suicide pact becomes more concrete, Aysel begins to question whether she really wants to go through with it. Ultimately, she must choose between wanting to die or trying to convince Roman to live so they can discover the potential of their energy together. This is a gorgeously written and compulsively readable novel about the transformative power of love, heralding the arrival of an extraordinary new voice in teen fiction, Jasmine Warga." Review Citations: Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2015 pg. 91 (EAN 9780062324696, Other) Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2015 (EAN 9780062324696, Other) School Library Journal 11/01/2014 pg. 126 (EAN 9780062324672, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2014 (EAN 9780062324672, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 12/01/2014 (EAN 9780062324672, Hardcover) Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2015 pg. 91 (EAN 9780062324672, Hardcover) Booklist 02/01/2015 pg. 48 (EAN 9780062324672, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 03/01/2015 (EAN 9780062324672, Hardcover) Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2015 (EAN 9780062324672, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Warga, Jasmine Jasmine Warga grew up outside of Cincinnati, Ohio. Before becoming a full-time writer, she briefly worked as a science teacher. This is her first novel.