Because You'll Never Meet Me

By Leah Thomas

Book Overview

A William C. Morris YA Debut Award finalist
A Carnegie Award nominee

Ollie and Moritz are best friends, but they can never meet. Ollie has a life-threatening allergy to electricity, and Moritz's weak heart requires a pacemaker. If they ever did meet, they could both die. Living as recluses from society, the boys develop a fierce bond through letters that become a lifeline during dark times--as Ollie loses his only friend, Liz, to the normalcy of high school and Moritz deals with a bully set on destroying him. But when Moritz reveals the key to their shared, sinister past that began years ago in a mysterious German laboratory, their friendship faces a test neither one of them expected.

Narrated in letter form by Ollie and Moritz--two extraordinary new voices--this story of impossible friendship and hope under strange circumstances blends elements of science fiction with coming of age themes, in a humorous, dark, and ultimately inspiring tale is completely unforgettable.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1619635909
• ISBN13: 9781619635906
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children's Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher