Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel

Dear Evan Hansen: The NovelFrom the show's creators comes the groundbreaking, bestselling novel inspired by the hit Broadway show Dear Evan Hansen. Dear Evan Hansen, Today's going to be an amazing day and here's why When a letter that was never meant to be seen by anyone draws high school senior Evan Hansen into a family's grief over the loss of their son, he is given the chance of a lifetime: to belong. He just has to stick to a lie he never meant to tell, that the notoriously

From the show's creators comes the groundbreaking, bestselling novel inspired by the hit Broadway show Dear Evan Hansen.
Dear Evan Hansen,

Today's going to be an amazing day and here's why...

When a letter that was never meant to be seen by anyone draws high school senior Evan Hansen into a family's grief over the loss of their son, he is given the chance of a lifetime: to belong. He just has to stick to a lie he never meant to tell, that the notoriously troubled Connor Murphy was his secret best friend.

Suddenly, Evan isn't invisible anymore--even to the girl of his dreams. And Connor Murphy's parents, with their beautiful home on the other side of town, have taken him in like he was their own, desperate to know more about their enigmatic son from his closest friend. As Evan gets pulled deeper into their swirl of anger, regret, and confusion, he knows that what he's doing can't be right, but if he's helping people, how wrong can it be?

No longer tangled in his once-incapacitating anxiety, this new Evan has a purpose. And a website. He's confident. He's a viral phenomenon. Every day is amazing. Until everything is in danger of unraveling and he comes face to face with his greatest obstacle: himself.

A simple lie leads to complicated truths in this big-hearted coming-of-age story of grief, authenticity and the struggle to belong in an age of instant connectivity and profound isolation.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Poppy Books
Published: 10/09/2018
ISBN: 9780316420235
Pages: 368
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.30d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 07/09/2018
Kirkus Reviews Fall Preview 08/15/2018 pg. 76
School Library Journal 09/01/2018 pg. 119
Booklist 09/01/2018 pg. 107
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 10/01/2018
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2018 - Recommended - Better Than Most
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2019 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 197967 / Dear Evan Hansen
Reading Level: 4.2 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 11