The Shape of Thunder

Name: The Shape of Thunder
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Jasmine Warga
ISBN: 9780063087040

Author: Jasmine Warga

Narrator: Reena Dutt, Jennifer Jill Araya

Unabridged: 7 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Storytide

Published: 05/11/2021

Categories: Children's Fiction, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

An extraordinary new novel from Jasmine Warga, Newbery Honor–winning author of Other Words for Home, about loss and healing—and how friendship can be magical. Cora hasn’t spoken to her best friend, Quinn, in a year. Despite living next door to each other, they exist in separate worlds of grief. Cora is still grappling with the death of her beloved sister in a school shooting, and Quinn is carrying the guilt of what her brother did. On the day of Cora’s twelfth birthday, Quinn leaves a box on her doorstep with a note. She has decided that the only way to fix things is to go back in time to the moment before her brother changed all their lives forever—and stop him. In spite of herself, Cora wants to believe. And so the two former friends begin working together to open a wormhole in the fabric of the universe. But as they attempt to unravel the mysteries of time travel to save their siblings, they learn that the magic of their friendship may actually be the key to saving themselves. The Shape of Thunder is a deeply moving story, told with exceptional grace, about friendship and loss—and how believing in impossible things can help us heal.

About Jasmine Warga

Jasmine Warga is the New York Times bestselling author of Other Words for Home, a Newbery Honor Book and a Walter Honor Book for Younger Readers; The Shape of Thunder; and A Rover’s Story. Her teen books, Here We Are Now and My Heart and Other Black Holes, have been translated into over twenty-five languages. She lives in the Chicago area with her family. You can visit Jasmine online at jasminewarga.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Reading_ on November 11, 2023

What a book 😭 "I can't decide if it's worse when people totally forget about that part of my identity or when people make assumptions about it. Both of them feel like losing." This book was difficult for me to read as it deals mainly with loss of family members and grief. The story involves two neighb......more

Goodreads review by Noura on April 23, 2021

Thank you to Balzer + Bray for the gifted review copy in exchange for an honest review! Jasmine Warga has a way of making you constantly emotional. After reading Other Words For Home I just knew I was going to want to read this and I'm so glad that I did. I can't explain how amazing this book is. We s......more

Goodreads review by Claude's on December 17, 2021

CW: Death of loved one, gun violence (off page and not described), racism (reference only - no details given - we just understand it is the motivation behind the attack) Well that was a beautifully written middle-school story of dealing with loss and guilt in the aftermath of a school shooting. Cora a......more

Goodreads review by Darla on May 02, 2021

Cora and Quinn were once best friends. A tragic event almost a year ago on November 11 caused a fracture between the two families. Although they live next door to each other, they might as well be on opposite sides of the country. The actual event remains shrouded in a cloud of euphemisms and grief.......more