LB Teen

Everything Is Fine.

By Ann Dee Ellis (Trade Paperback, 2010)

Stuck at home caring for her severely depressed mother and abandoned by her father, Mazzy has only the day-to-day dramas of her neighborhood to keep her busy. But between flirting with the boy next door and worrying about the fact that she's flat-chested, Mazzy has to face the fact that her mom is emotionally paralyzed by a family tragedy. As readers delve into the story, they'll eventually discover what it was that tore Mazzy's family apart, and they'll see what it takes to put it back together.

Despite its serious subject matter, Mazzy brings humor to the trying age of adolescence and gives readers just the kind of awkward, troubled, and endearing character they will gladly embrace.

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- Format: Trade Paperback
- Price: $7.99 US/$9.99 CAN
- ISBN-13: 9780316014434
- On Sale Date: 03/01/2010
- Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
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Ann Dee Ellis received her MA from Brigham Young University and her debut novel This is What I Did: received three starred reviews. She lives with her husband and two sons in American Fork, UT. You can visit her online at http://www.anndeeellis.com/.

Praise for Everything Is Fine.
*"Mazzy's voice is laserlike - no frills, no bull, no guile...a story so painful you want to read it with your eyes closed. It is a stunning novel." -VOYA (starred review)

* "Ellis impressively captures the voice of a sardonic, damaged, but surviving adolescent girl...Ellis has created a unique snapshot of family tragedy that's refreshingly devoid of melodrama." -SLJ

* "The spare fragmentary style that Ellis demonstrated in This is What I Did: returns here, and it works equally well for tough, desperate, and essentially abandoned Mazzy...The book is laden with tension from the start, but there's an additional thread of suspense in the slow revelation of the tragedy that sent her family into its current downspiral." -The Bulletin

* "Impressionistic, elliptical and full of feeling, this story about an overwhelmed youngster valiantly trying to cope with her mother's deep depression unfolds slowly, until readers finally grasp the terrible truth of the event that caused the breakdown of her once-functional family." -Kirkus