THE WAY I USED TO BE by Amber Smith Maureen Johnson he is a doctoral student

he is a doctoral student who manages his destructive thoughts with compulsive calculations about time travel

A book that speak[s] volumes about our need for connection human

" School Library Journal

of faith lost and friendships won

The questions of good and evil now take on a terrifyingly real dimension

THE WAY I USED TO BE by Amber Smith Maureen Johnson he is a doctoral studentNew York Times bestseller! In the tradition of Speak, Amber Smith's extraordinary debut novel is a heart twisting, but ultimately hopeful, exploration of how pain can lead to strength (The Boston Globe). Eden was always good at being good. Starting high school didn t change who she was. But the night her brother s best friend rapes her, Eden s world capsizes. What was once simple, is now complex. What Eden once loved who she once loved she now hates.