Annie LeBlanc Is Not Dead Yet, Molly Morris
Annie LeBlanc Is Not Dead Yet, Molly Morris
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Annie LeBlanc Is Not Dead Yet
A Novel

Author: Molly Morris

Narrator: Georgina Sadler

Unabridged: 9 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/04/2024


Synopsis

Every ten years in the strange little town of Lennon, California, one person is chosen to return from the dead…

Wilson Moss entered the town’s top-secret contest in the hopes of resurrecting her ex-best friend Annie LeBlanc, but that doesn’t mean she thought she’d actually win. Now Annie’s back and Wil’s ecstatic—does it even really matter that Annie ghosted her a year before she died…?

But like any contest, there are rules, and the town’s resurrected dead can only return for thirty days. When Wil discovers a loophole that means Annie might be able to stay for good, she’s desperate to keep her alive. The potential key? Their third best friend, Ryan. Forget the fact that Ryan openly hates them both, or that she and Wilson have barely spoken since that awkward time they kissed. Wil can put it aside for one month; she just needs to stop thinking about it first.

Because Wil has one summer to permanently put an end to her loneliness—it’s that, or lose her only friends…again. But along the way, she might have to face some difficult truths about Annie’s past and their friendship that, so far, she’s left buried.

A Macmillan Audio production from Wednesday Books.

About Molly Morris

Originally from San Diego, California, MOLLY MORRIS moved to the UK to study for her Masters on the University of East Anglia’s prestigious Creative Writing Prose program, and it was only after finishing here that she began writing Young Adult fiction – her writing and reading true love. Nowadays, she spends her time re-watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The X-Files while doing up her 18th-century house. Her debut novel This is Not the End was released in the UK in 2022. Annie LeBlanc is Not Dead Yet is her US debut.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Rebekah on May 22, 2024

1 Sentence Summary: The Welcome Back ceremony happens once every ten years in the small town of Lennon, California, where the winner of a lottery can pick one person to bring back from the dead for 30 days; Wilson, Ryan, and Annie used to be best friends until one year ago, when both Annie and Ryan......more

Goodreads review by Mary on August 28, 2024

4.5/5 I am so glad I decided to pick up Annie LeBlanc Is Not Dead Yet by Molly Morris because it was a pure delight! I do wish what was going on with bringing a person back from the dead had been explained better in the actual book and not just mentioned in the synopsis, but I caught on pretty quickl......more

Goodreads review by Jena on July 23, 2024

Annie Leblanc is Not Dead Yet has one of the most unique premise’s I’ve ever read and I found the writing to be really strong as well. Overall, I really enjoyed this story. At times the main friendships seemed unhealthy, but it all resolved well, and it also just felt realistic. Being a teenager is......more

Goodreads review by Kristy on July 06, 2024

This is a strange little book. Wilson enters her town's contest to, you know, earn the right to bring someone back from the dead for 30 days. She picks her best friend, Annie, trying to overlook the fact that the two weren't friends at all in the last year of Annie's life. But when she gets Annie "b......more

Goodreads review by Anna on August 28, 2024

This was weird in a good way. I liked the highlight of friendship throughout the whole thing but I was left a little underwhelmed by it.......more


Quotes

"The continual countdown to Annie’s return to the afterlife gives the story tangible stakes...This is a clever, lightly magical title." - Booklist

"The story is fresh and well executed, simultaneously feeling both perfectly convincing and truly bizarre." -Kirkus Reviews

"Morris’s deft handling of the teens’ intertwining histories and the little mythologies that make up the language of adolescent friendships imbues this speculative rom-com with well-timed comedy and plenty of angst." - Publishers Weekly


Awards

  • NPR Best Book of the Year