The Brightness Between Us, Eliot Schrefer
The Brightness Between Us, Eliot Schrefer
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The Brightness Between Us

Author: Eliot Schrefer

Narrator: James Fouhey

Unabridged: 11 hr 3 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Clarion Books

Published: 10/01/2024

Synopsis

Named one of the Best Books of 2024 by the Chicago Public Library!In this sequel to The Darkness Outside Us, a Stonewall Honor Book, New York Times bestselling author Eliot Schrefer delivers another ambitious, genre-bending novel and epic love story that spans thousands of years and the far reaches of the galaxy.Seventeen years have gone by since the Coordinated Endeavor crashed on a distant exoplanet. Ambrose Cusk and Kodiak Celius are now the devoted parents of two teenage children, Owl and Yarrow, in a hardscrabble frontier home. Though life on Minerva is full of danger, the family’s bond is enough to make it all worth it—until they learn that the biggest threat to their survival might come from within.More than thirty thousand years in the past, Ambrose wakes on Earth to find that his mission to save his sister was a ruse. His mother betrayed him, and the cruelty of her true plans sets Ambrose spiraling. When he discovers that another spacefarer is suffering his same fate, he will have to decide whether to risk crossing a world at war to reach him. Separated by time and space, a young family and two strangers learn that their lives are intimately intertwined. They race to uncover the unexpected connections that might save them all . . . and perhaps humanity as well.

About Eliot Schrefer

Eliot Schrefer is the New York Times bestselling author of many books for kids and teens, including The Darkness Outside Us and its sequel, The Brightness Between Us, as well as Charming Young Man, Endangered, and Queer Ducks (and Other Animals): The Natural World of Animal Sexuality. His books have twice been named finalists for the National Book Award in Young People’s Literature and have garnered a Printz Honor, a Stonewall Honor, and the Green Earth Book Award. He is on the faculty of the creative writing MFA program at Hamline University and lives with his husband in New York City. Visit him online at eliotschrefer.com. 

Reviews

Goodreads review by Celine on July 30, 2024

did eliot schrefer wake up one day and think "i did not sufficiently emotionally devastate the world" or post read: eliot turn on your location i just want to talk......more

Goodreads review by Eliot on May 05, 2024

[5 stars but I might be a teensy bit biased.] I know THE DARKNESS OUTSIDE US didn't exactly scream out for a sequel. Sequels are risky: for every ALIENS there's also a GREASE 2 out there. I told myself that I wouldn’t continue the story of Ambrose and Kodiak unless I came up with a story concept that......more

Goodreads review by Marieke on October 26, 2024

How easily I pushed that five star button … Intimacy is the only shield against insanity. Ambrose Cusk I often have difficulties getting into a highly anticipated read. My eyes want to roam over the pages in just a few seconds to get to the next page, scared they won’t deliver what I’m hoping for. At t......more

Goodreads review by Lance on September 20, 2024

E-ARC generously provided by HarperCollins Children's Books in exchange for an honest review. Thank you so much! 4.5 stars. Harrowing, a bit tragic, but ultimately about hope, family, and humanity's ability to persevere in even the most unlikely of circumstances, The Brightness Between Us is a brilli......more

Goodreads review by Kate on September 11, 2024

I can’t believe I got an arc for this. I’m at peak existence. THE PREMISE: mysteries, now and then time jumps, and lots of impending doom. TROPES & VIBES: - Multi-pov. This book is a family affair. I love Owl - *It’s always you, in every lifetime* - World building that’s so catastrophically good, ever......more

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