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Thirty to Sixty Days

by Alikay Wood
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A hilarious and irreverent coming-of-age YA novel in which three teens facing uncertain futures embark on a madcap adventure that challenges each of their identities
Hattie Larken doesnât know if sheâs ever really been real in her life. A compulsive liar with a quick-witted response to everything, sheâs willing to do whatever it takes to just skate through the rest of high school until she can graduate and escape it all: the mind-numbing monotony of this town, the guilt of everything that happened with her dad, and the debt that her momâs dealing with that she feels responsible for.
But then Hattie finds out sheâs dying. Not like in that overdramatic way that people sometimes say theyâre dying. Sheâs literally dying. Apparently, she was exposed to a parasite because of a mistake her momâs company made. (And no, the irony of that all is not lost on Hattieâ¦) And sheâs not the only one. Two other kids from her class also have been exposed to the parasite: Carmen, who seems to be totally perfect, with the class presidency, a loving family, and a totally beautiful girlfriend; and Albie, a quiet kid who survived childhood cancer only to deal with this, which feels like an incredibly cruel joke from the universe.
Hattie, Albie, and Carmen are told they only have thirty to sixty days to live. But instead of just sitting around a hospital and waiting to die, the three kids form an unlikely alliance to live the last days of their lives out to the fullest. Stealing and sailing a boat to Miami? Absolutely. Adopting the turtle that a random college student hands to them? Of courseâthey couldnât leave Scooter to fend for himself! Sneaking into the sold-out music festival in town? You better believe it! And if Hattie just happens to find a way to raise some money for her mom through filming all their misadventuresâwell, sheâs not going to not do that then.
Snarky, bold, and deeply real, Thirty to Sixty Days examines the ways that three teens grapple with the thread of imminent deathâand how each ultimately discovers what life ought to be.

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    June 20, 2023

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      • ISBN: 9781647005436

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      • ISBN: 9781647005436
      • File size: 967 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Kirkus

      May 1, 2023
      News that they are about to die boots three Florida high schoolers out of individual ruts. Wood offers readers a trio loaded with personal issues and ripe for plenty of fizzy chemistry. Narrator Hattie Larken, who reads White, spins constant, outrageous lies and has a habit of breaking into people's homes to make and post videos about their private lives. Following a kindergarten bout with leukemia, Chinese American Albie Chang has been forced into the role of kid cancer survivor. And Carmen Diaz--beautiful, overachieving, proudly out grandchild of Mexican immigrants--has multiple relationship problems. So when all three are exposed to an experimental mind-altering parasite developed by a local bioweapons lab, hardly have they been forcibly checked into a quarantine ward than they check out for a weekend of wild Miami misadventures in which stolen boats, an endangered sea turtle, encounters with a pop star, viral videos, and a comically suspenseful round of fantasy board gaming figure prominently...as do rescues, sniping, betrayals, revelations, budding romance, and liberating acts and declarations. The realistic end leaves the trio cautious allies. The eventual breakdown of Hattie's stubborn resistance to accepting her single mom's steadfast love offers a path to renewed self-esteem, while Albie's observation that his own parents are now "working on treating me less like their sick kid and more like their kid who happened to be sick that one time," is well taken. Three engaging odysseys in one, lit by humor of a particularly dark and spiky sort. (Fiction. 14-18)

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    • Booklist

      June 1, 2023
      Grades 9-12 Let's face it: 17-year-old Hattie is a compulsive liar and self-styled petty thief. She also, as it turns out, has only 30 to 60 days to live, as do two of her classmates at St. Croix High: Carmen Diaz, class president and one of two out students, and Albert (Albie) Chang, who beat childhood leukemia but is still immunocompromised. The three have been infected with a deadly parasite created by Hattie's scientist mother. Remanded to a hospital isolation unit, they conspire to escape and, stealing a boat, head to Miami, Florida, where they encounter a whole gallimaufry of antic events, most engendered by Hattie's lies and all of which are carefully recorded by Hattie, who is determined to become an influencer to earn the $23,000 she feels she owes her mother. Will she succeed? Despite its dire title, Thirty to Sixty Days is a lighthearted, plot-driven coming-of-age romp with appealing characters. Great, page-turning fun.

      COPYRIGHT(2023) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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