SAY WHAT YOU WILL
Author: Cammie McGovern
Release Date:Â June 3rd 2014
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Author: Cammie McGovern
Release Date:Â June 3rd 2014
#WeNeedDiverseBooks
John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars meets Rainbow Rowell’s Eleanor & Park in this beautifully written, incredibly honest, and emotionally poignant novel. Cammie McGovern’s insightful young adult debut is a heartfelt and heartbreaking story about how we can all feel lost until we find someone who loves us because of our faults, not in spite of them.
Born with cerebral palsy, Amy can’t walk without a walker, talk without a voice box, or even fully control her facial expressions. Plagued by obsessive-compulsive disorder, Matthew is consumed with repeated thoughts, neurotic rituals, and crippling fear. Both in desperate need of someone to help them reach out to the world, Amy and Matthew are more alike than either ever realized.
When Amy decides to hire student aides to help her in her senior year at Coral Hills High School, these two teens are thrust into each other’s lives. As they begin to spend time with each other, what started as a blossoming friendship eventually grows into something neither expected.
Born with cerebral palsy, Amy can’t walk without a walker, talk without a voice box, or even fully control her facial expressions. Plagued by obsessive-compulsive disorder, Matthew is consumed with repeated thoughts, neurotic rituals, and crippling fear. Both in desperate need of someone to help them reach out to the world, Amy and Matthew are more alike than either ever realized.
When Amy decides to hire student aides to help her in her senior year at Coral Hills High School, these two teens are thrust into each other’s lives. As they begin to spend time with each other, what started as a blossoming friendship eventually grows into something neither expected.
ABOUT CAMMIEÂ
Cammie McGovern was a Stegner Fellow at Stanford and received the Nelson Algren Award in short fiction. Her work has been published in Redbook, Seventeen, Glimmer Train, TriQuarterly, and other publications.
Here’s a playlist for SAY WHAT YOU WILL. As you can see I love folk rock and singers who are also amazing songwriters–If you don’t know Ellis Paul, he is a Boston folk celebrity and an amazing songwriter, check out all his music. I also have my sister in here because I love her songwriting as well–rich in story and character and very funny…
Justin Hines “SAY WHAT YOU WILL”  I love this song so much I asked him if we could use it to make a book video, and he very generously said yes.  One look at the video and you’ll be amazed at how perfect it is for this book.Â
Bare Naked Ladies “LIGHT UP MY ROOM“Â Â This song beautifully describes loving someone who is “different.”
Ellis Paul “THERE’S A HERO IN YOU” Â
Shawn Colvin “DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH“Â Â This song beautifully describes loving yourself when you’re “different.”
Sadie and the Hotheads (with Elizabeth McGovern!)Â Â “EVERYBODY’S GOT A SONG“Â CHECK out more of their music online!Â
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