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“Funny, engrossing, and one-of-a-kind. If You’re Out There completely swept me away.” —Becky Albertalli, New York Times bestselling author of Leah on the Offbeat
Part whip-smart suspense tale, part touching story of friendship, this is an extraordinary debut about a determined teen trying to solve a mystery no one else believes in.
After Zan’s best friend moves to California, she is baffled and crushed when Priya suddenly ghosts. Worse, Priya’s social media has turned into a stream of ungrammatical posts chronicling a sunny, vapid new life that doesn’t sound like her at all.
Everyone tells Zan not to be an idiot Let Priya do her reinvention thing and move on. But until Zan hears Priya say it, she won’t be able to admit that their friendship is finished.
It’s only when she meets Logan, the compelling new guy in Spanish class, that Zan begins to open up about her sadness, her insecurity, her sense of total betrayal. And he’s just as willing as she is to throw himself into the investigation when everyone else thinks her suspicions are crazy.
Then a clue hidden in Priya’s latest selfie introduces a new, deeply disturbing possibility
Maybe Priya isn’t just not answering Zan’s emails.
Maybe she can’t.
Ebook If You're Out There Katy Loutzenhiser Books
"I really hope that my best friends are like Zan and never give up on me.
Zan and Priya were best friends. Their moms were friends until Priya’s mom died. They did everything together. Zan had other people she would talk to, but not a real friend like Priya. So it was killing her that not only did Priya move to California, but she also stopped talking to her. Priya left with her step-dad, Ben. Zan stayed behind in Chicago, living with her mom, her mom’s girlfriend, and her little brother. She worked a lot all summer, but now school has started and she can’t stop thinking about Priya.
Logan is the new kid at school. He lives with his aunt and younger sister. There are a lot of rumors that Logan was a criminal and was trying to start over in Chicago. He starts talking to Priya and for some reason, she tells him the story of Priya. How her intagram stories don’t sound like her. How she would never stop talking to Zan. How her photos don’t show her. She also starts replying back to people in a strange way.
Logan and Zan start looking into every clue they can find. They visit Priya’s boyfriend at college. Zan talks to Priya’s dad. They go to her house. All they find are more questions. During this time, we see Zan suffering a lot with her loss. She goes back and forth between sadness and anger. It starts to affect her family and school. Logan is dealing with his own issues from his past in Indiana. But they grow closer as they spend more and more time together.
This was a great mystery, but it was also a wonderful story of true friendship. How you know your best friend so well and you would have to know when something isn’t right. Zan never gives up, even when everyone tells her to just let it go.
I gave this book 4 stars. Thank you to the publisher and Edelweiss for my copy for review.
Warnings for addiction, family issues, and grief. There is more I should warn about, but I don’t want to ruin the story. Just know that this is a mystery, so everything isn’t sweet."
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If You're Out There Katy Loutzenhiser Books Reviews :
If You're Out There Katy Loutzenhiser Books Reviews
- After Zan’s best friend Priya moves away, she stops responding to Zan’s messages. Convinced all is not well, Zan begins trying to solve the mystery, one everyone is convinced doesn’t exist. Zan ignores her friends and family and with the help of new classmate Logan, they investigate.
I wasn’t certain where IF YOU’RE OUT THERE was headed until near the end of the book. Zan was either a stalker or a friend who knew her friend was not okay.
Zan was such a great narrator, sarcastic, sometimes mean, always devoted to Priya. She could be both thoughtless and thoughtful, but was mostly centered on talking to Priya to the detriment of all other relationships.
Katy Loutzenhisen is a terrific writer. She created a diverse cast of characters, never for the sake of diversity, only as part of the layers of the characters. I will definitely look for her other books. - As I’ve known Katy since she was a young girl, hanging out with my daughter, Abby I saw a spark of determination in her eyes and knew she would accomplish great things. Well she has. “ If you’re out there†is a fantastic, well thought out novel. It brings strong emotionally bonded characters, described so well that you know them through and through. The mystery is very well played out and in the end, they live happily ever after... but wait, do they? So very proud of Katy’s achievement and can’t wait for the next one.
- Wonderful story, loveable and engaging characters, complex themes beautifully written. Honest, funny, heartwarming. This book is delightful to read! The characters feel so real.
- I really hope that my best friends are like Zan and never give up on me.
Zan and Priya were best friends. Their moms were friends until Priya’s mom died. They did everything together. Zan had other people she would talk to, but not a real friend like Priya. So it was killing her that not only did Priya move to California, but she also stopped talking to her. Priya left with her step-dad, Ben. Zan stayed behind in Chicago, living with her mom, her mom’s girlfriend, and her little brother. She worked a lot all summer, but now school has started and she can’t stop thinking about Priya.
Logan is the new kid at school. He lives with his aunt and younger sister. There are a lot of rumors that Logan was a criminal and was trying to start over in Chicago. He starts talking to Priya and for some reason, she tells him the story of Priya. How her intagram stories don’t sound like her. How she would never stop talking to Zan. How her photos don’t show her. She also starts replying back to people in a strange way.
Logan and Zan start looking into every clue they can find. They visit Priya’s boyfriend at college. Zan talks to Priya’s dad. They go to her house. All they find are more questions. During this time, we see Zan suffering a lot with her loss. She goes back and forth between sadness and anger. It starts to affect her family and school. Logan is dealing with his own issues from his past in Indiana. But they grow closer as they spend more and more time together.
This was a great mystery, but it was also a wonderful story of true friendship. How you know your best friend so well and you would have to know when something isn’t right. Zan never gives up, even when everyone tells her to just let it go.
I gave this book 4 stars. Thank you to the publisher and Edelweiss for my copy for review.
Warnings for addiction, family issues, and grief. There is more I should warn about, but I don’t want to ruin the story. Just know that this is a mystery, so everything isn’t sweet. - I’m a sucker for a book with a good friendship aspect. I under the draw of writing the frienemy, but I love a good female friendship that has its ups and downs but still can withstand the test of time. And I love a story that deals with the possibility of losing that friendship and how that affects one or both parties. If You’re Out There is a book that explores but with a twist and it was done remarkably well.
In If You’re Out There Zan is starting the year off without her best friend, Priya, who just moved to California. As if that isn’t bad enough Priya appears to have ghosted her, only showing up on social media to post pictures of how wonderful her new life is. While trying to figure out how to navigate her Priya-less world, Zan meets the new guy at school, Logan. He isn’t anything Zan is looking for, but he is there for her when she needs him, especially after she starts to notice something strange in Priya’s photos that makes her think…maybe she wasn’t ghosted after all. Maybe Priya is actually in trouble.
What I loved most about If You’re Out There was the focus on how friendships are hard and tricky. Like all relationships they take work and when one person isn’t there the work feel harder and not worth it. It showed how easy it is to let go of a friendship if you don’t fight for it when there is something to fight for. Zan refused to believe that her friend would just ghost her. She knew her better than anyone else and she fought for that feeling, even when she seemed crazy to everyone around her and felt crazy to herself. She fought and fought for her friendship because she believed her friend would fight for it too if she could. To me that showed what true friendship is about and why I loved the book.
I also really loved the mystery aspect of the story. Was Priya really ghosting Zan or was she in trouble? I was never really certain to be honest. I never knew which way the story was going to go because both options seemed plausible. I also liked that Logan was there to listen to Zan when no one else would. That was another huge highlight. Also helped that he was adorable.
All in all I highly recommend this debut by Katy Loutzenhiser. It hits all the right notes and will keep you reading until the end. Definitely a need to read book to add to your TBR.
