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• Heroine Katherine Tegen Books (New York, NY), 2019
• Be Not Far from Me Katherine Tegen Books (New York, NY), 2020

1. Be not far from me LCCN 2019009689 Type of material Book Personal name McGinnis, Mindy, author. Main title Be not far from me / Mindy McGinnis. Edition First edition. Published/Produced New York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, [2020] Projected pub date 2003 Description pages cm ISBN 9780062561626 (hardcover) Item not available at the Library. Why not? 2. Heroine LCCN 2018939881 Type of material Book Personal name McGinnis, Mindy, author. Main title Heroine / Mindy McGinnis. Edition First edition. Published/Produced New York, NY : Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2019] ©2019 Description 418 pages ; 22 cm ISBN 9780062847195 (hardcover) 0062847198 (hardcover) CALL NUMBER PZ7.M4784747 He 2019 CABIN BRANCH Copy 1 Request in Jefferson or Adams Building Reading Rooms - STORED OFFSITE

• Mindy McGinnis website - https://www.mindymcginnis.com/

  Mindy McGinnis is the author of multiple novels that span many genres. From historical to fantasy, contemporary to gothic thriller, you can always count on Mindy’s books to deliver grit, truth, and an unflinching look at humanity and the world around us.

  A ninth-generation farmer, Mindy attributes much of her character to growing up on an Ohio farm, learning the value of physical labor, and the harshness of the natural world early in life. Much of her writing reflects small-town living and aspects of rural poverty. A former school librarian, Mindy still lives and works in her hometown, and is dedicated to making herself available to financially disadvantaged school districts and communities. Click here to contact Mindy about a visit.

  Mindy has done multiple interviews and guest posts over the years, and has been featured on such outlets as NPR and PBS. She’s also been a guest on a myriad of podcasts, blogs, and websites, many of which can be viewed below.

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  Mindy McGinnis is an assistant YA librarian who lives in Ohio and cans her own food. She graduated from Otterbein University magna cum laude with a BA in English Literature and Religion. Mindy has a pond in her back yard but has never shot anyone, as her morals tend to cloud her vision.

  Genres: Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult Fiction

  New Books
  February 2020
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  HeroineMarch 2020
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  Be Not Far from Me
  Series
  Not a Drop to Drink
  1. Not a Drop to Drink (2013)
  2. In a Handful of Dust (2014)
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  Given Duet
  1. Given to the Sea (2017)
  2. Given To The Earth (2018)
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  Novels
  A Madness So Discreet (2015)
  The Female of the Species (2016)
  This Darkness Mine (2017)
  Heroine (2019)
  Be Not Far from Me (2020)

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  Mindy McGinnis is the author of Not a Drop to Drink and its companion, In a Handful of Dust, as well as This Darkness Mine, The Female of the Species, Given to the Sea, Heroine, and the Edgar Award–winning novel A Madness So Discreet. A graduate of Otterbein University with a BA in English literature and religion, Mindy lives in Ohio. You can visit her online at www.mindymcginnis.com.

• Amazon -

  Mindy McGinnis is an Edgar Award-winning novelist who writes across multiple genres, including post-apocalyptic, historical, thriller, contemporary, mystery, and fantasy.

  While her settings may change, you can always count on Mindy's books to deliver grit, truth, and an unflinching look at humanity and the world around us.

• Refinery29 - https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/taboo-topics-in-ya-literature-mindy-mcginnis-essay

  Mindy McGinnis: "My YA Books Aren't Here To Please Adults"
  MINDY MCGINNIS
  APRIL 10, 2019, 9:00 PM

  ILLUSTRATION BY LOUISA CANNELL
  Mindy McGinnis is an assistant YA librarian and an Edgar Award-winning author of YA books. Her most recent novel, Heroine, came out in March 2019 and looks at how the heroin epidemic affected one teenage girl.
  When my book A Madness So Discreet was released in 2015, I had the occasional reader ask, “Why would you write a book for teens where the main character is being sexually abused by her father?”
  My answer?
  Because that’s who it happens to.
  While my books cover the gamut of genres, they are always looking deeply into the dark corners of our world, places that some prefer not to go. My answer to that question would set the occasional person back. Others would nod knowingly. That’s who I’m writing for.
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  As a former high school librarian, I fully support reading for escape. I worked for 14 years in a rural, economically depressed area — the same area I grew up in and still live in. Some of my students needed to read about fantasy and fairy tales, and were desperately looking for the happily ever after that many romances promised, but reality failed to deliver.
  But others needed to see themselves in the pages of the books they read — be it an alcoholic parent, an abusive relationship, a sexual-assault survivor, or just a hardscrabble kid down on their luck looking for a way out. Where I’m from, luck runs thin, and there aren’t many ways out.

  I began writing for teens in 2010 after years of handing my students books set in the glitz of big cities, often following lives of the famous or wealthy. Characters in these books had handbags that cost more than my students’ entire wardrobes, and they certainly didn’t walk to school or have to worry about not having a coat to wear when the temperatures dropped. I wanted rural kids to see themselves and their struggles in fiction, so I set out to do just that.
  When I wrote The Female of the Species in 2016 — a rape-revenge, vigilante-justice story — I fully expected it to be banned. Instead, my inbox filled with upraised fists, shared experiences, and heartfelt thank yous. A woman in her forties told me that if she’d had that book growing up, she would have reported her attacker. The grit in those pages was hard for many readers, but for many more it was an abrasion they have felt before and known too well. To see it play out differently this time — and with a note of hope at the end — was a balm.
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  Writing Heroine, which is about the opioid epidemic, was no different.
  I pride myself on not pulling punches, but this was one story where I didn’t know what to strike out at. Anger drove The Female of the Species, but tales of addiction don’t have an obvious villain. Holding big pharma responsible for their role in the epidemic will be key in reality, but for fiction I needed a smaller picture, an emotional foothold rather than an agenda. As it turns out, that foothold was easy to find. Too easy.
  In the late spring of 2017, I was visiting a school in southern Ohio — an area hard hit by the opioid crisis and considered by many to be the epicenter. As I spoke with the librarians and educators over lunch, they told me that their local economy was struggling. No one carried cash any longer, they paid each other in pills. If you lived there, I was told, you had a few employment opportunities — the school, the prison, the hospital, or...you sold drugs. You can guess which one paid the best.
  This wasn’t said judgmentally, but with true grief. They were watching their students overdose and their own friends and families succumb. A complicated mix of sympathy and confusion clouded their words, along with a sense of urgency and need for hope. I drove home thinking of them, their students, and of the people in my own life who have been pulled into the vortex. A phrase they used at lunch stuck with me, and I’ve heard it repeated multiple times when I meet educators, reviewers, librarians, booksellers, and readers: Everyone knows someone.
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  That someone is an every person — not a different race, not a homeless woman on the street, not the rough guy hanging out in the parking lot. It’s the girl sitting next to you in math class, the parent who runs the carpool, or the athlete who needs to push past the pain in order to perform.
  When writing Mickey, my main character in Heroine, it was important to make her goals the reader’s goals. I’ve had readers tell me they were almost rooting for Mickey to get her next fix because that is what she needed to “be well” enough to walk out onto the softball field and catapult her team into the spotlight. The slippery logic of addiction is at work in Mickey and wheedles its way into the reader as well, creating the all-important element of empathy.
  I’d like to see Heroine performing in reverse to my original goals as a writer. My readers may indeed see themselves in these pages. But more importantly, I want them to see Mickey in the people around them. And if they can feel for her, maybe they can feel for them, too.
  Realism is a large part of what I deliver with my writing, and Heroine is no different. There is no neat answer, no happy ending. What I bring with my fiction is what I felt was needed at that lunch meeting, and in all of our lives right now: some hope.
  As with my other works, there is darkness. As with my other works, I wrote it because it’s honest about what’s happening. But in this case, it’s not just for teens.
  It’s happening to all of us.

• Times Reporter - https://www.timesreporter.com/news/20190831/ohio-author-mindy-mcginnis-takes-on-opioid-epidemic-will-appear-at-county-library-sept-19

  Ohio author Mindy McGinnis takes on opioid epidemic, will appear at county library Sept. 19

  Posted Aug 31, 2019 at 12:01 AM
  Mindy McGinnis’ latest release, “HEROINE,” focuses on the opioid epidemic from a teenager’s perspective and has been critically acclaimed by readers and critics alike. Recently, McGinnis took time to answer a few questions about her book and her inspiration for her latest release.

  The Tuscarawas County Public Library System’s Main Library will host author Mindy McGinnis at 6 p.m. Sept. 19 as the final installment of its 2019 Visiting Author Series. McGinnis is the author of the novel “A Madness So Discreet” which won the 2016 Edgar Award for Young Adult Fiction. Additional novels include a post-apocalyptic duo “Not a Drop to Drink” and “In a Handful of Dust,” the first of which has been optioned for a film by Fickle Fish Films.

  McGinnis’ latest release, “HEROINE,” focuses on the opioid epidemic from a teenager’s perspective and has been critically acclaimed by readers and critics alike. Recently, McGinnis took time to answer a few questions about her book and her inspiration for her latest release.

  Tell us about yourself. I’m a farmer’s daughter from Ohio, and I still live in the small town that I was born in. I worked for 14 years as a librarian at the high school that I graduated from.

  Give us a brief description of your book “HEROINE” It’s an in-depth fictional look at the opioid crisis in the Heartland, through the eyes of a female athlete.

  What made you want to write the book? The softball team from my tiny little town has been the runner-up for the state champion title two years in a row. Those girls work hard, and at one of their tournament games I just had goosebumps, seeing practically the whole town in the stands, cheering for female athletes. And of course, the downside of the answer is that I worked in a public school system for a long time. You lose kids. You lose them a lot of ways.

  What was the most challenging part of writing this book? Having never been an addict myself (to substances, anyway), I wanted to be sure that I knew what I was talking about when I wrote this book. Research involved reading thousands upon thousands of pages about addiction, but also talking to counselors and addicts. The best compliments I’ve had for “HEROINE” is when a recovered addict tells me I got it right.

  What is your favorite passage in the book and why? Any of the exchanges between the female athletes. We can be just as rough with each other as guys.

  Did any aspects or experiences in your own life help inspire this book? There’s an author’s note in the back about an experience I had with OxyContin after having eye surgery. I was in the worst pain of my life - and didn’t care at all. It was an eye opener... no pun intended.

  What do you hope people will take away from your book after reading? That addiction truly can happen to anyone. Empathy goes a long way.

  Registration for the final installment of the County Library’s 2019 Visiting Author Series is available by visiting the Library’s online registration calendar at www.tusclibrary.org, or by calling the Library at 330-364-4474. Registration for this event is free, but space is limited.

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• The Nerd Daily - https://www.thenerddaily.com/mindy-mcginnis-author-interview/

  February 27, 2020·6 min read
  Q&A: Mindy McGinnis, Author of ‘Be Not Far From Me’
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  Mindy McGinnis’s new book Be Not Far From Me is almost here, and she was kind enough to answer some of our most pressing questions about her suspenseful tale of survival. In it, teen cross-country champ Ashley becomes lost in the woods, and has to survive with only the clothes on her back and the fury in her heart to keep her going. I loved this fierce, relentless story, and I couldn’t wait to hear more about the making of.

  Where did the idea for Be Not Far From Me come from?
  I am an avid hiker, and often take vacations in places where I can get some hiking in. One such vacation was near a particularly dense Pennsylvania forest. The person I was with thought we could get a spur of the trail in before darkness fell. I didn’t think we could, and said so, but curiosity outweighed caution and we tried it. Hours later, with no overnight packs and failing phone batteries, we were in pitch black with a trail as wide as my hand, mostly searching for faded blazes on trees to mark our way. It was simultaneously exhilarating and terrifying. We did break out onto the trailhead around 11 PM. And no, I didn’t rub it in that I had been right about that spur. I was too grateful that we’d made it back to our car… and that a novel had been born while we wandered. But me being right about the spur totally came up the next day.

  Do you have survival experience? How did you go about doing the research for what you didn’t know?
  I grew up in the woods and have some basic experience. I can build a shelter, and know what to eat (or not eat) if a desperate situation arrives. I can start a fire, but it’s much harder than you think, and almost impossible in wet conditions. Most of Ashley’s survival tactics are things I already knew, but I don’t know that I could survive for any lengthy period of time out there. The research I did mostly consisted of reading hiking manuals for longer trails.

  The drug world is a peripheral part of this book, but the central plot of your previous book, Heroine (which floored me, and which I loved). Was there any convergence between the two in conceptualization or writing?
  It’s an interesting question. Be Not Far From Me was actually supposed to release in the Fall of 2018. It was written (and edited!) when I pitched my idea for HEROINE to my editor. The publisher felt that Be Not Far From Me was an evergreen story, whereas HEROINE was more topical in the moment. Therefore, Heroine skipped ahead of Be Not Far From Me on the publishing schedule. I wrote, edited and polished Heroine after having already finished (and polished) Be Not Far From Me. So, there was a convergence, it was just backwards from their publishing dates!

  You write from such a raw place. Is it hard to stay in the emotions of the book when they’re so difficult and/or vulnerable?
  Not really. This book especially has so much of my real self in it, that I don’t find it difficult or uncomfortable to spend time with those thoughts, or scenes. I’ve always been more attracted to honest writing, and truthful assessments. It comes out in my own work, and who I am as a person.

  One of the things I love about your books is the way you portray anger. Your female characters openly feel, express, and are sometimes overwhelmed by anger. Is this something you do consciously? How has anger shaped your writing?
  Oh, great question! I freely admit to having an absolutely terrible Irish temper. Maturity has taught me how to control it, but as a child I would often get so angry that my mother worried I was going to have an aneurysm. I don’t know if that’s an actual possibility, I just know that it was a concern for her. As I got older, I learned how to express the anger in more healthy ways – and writing is one of them. I pour a lot of bile into my books, and very often that’s what my female audience is connecting to. We’re not supposed to be angry. We’re not allowed to be angry. But guess what? We’re totally fucking angry. (feel free to edit for language).

  The title of Be Not Far From Me is taken from Psalm 22, but Ashley is decidedly ambivalent on religion. Did you mean to imply any kind of spiritual forces at work in Ashley’s journey (especially her encounters with Davey Beet’s trail), or were you trying to evoke the importance of human connections?
  Good job researching! I like to leave it to the reader to decide if there is a guiding hand in Ashley’s journey.

  There are a couple of scenes I know I’ll be thinking about for a long, long time: the foot scene and the opossum scene. Both were brutal, but you never flinched (and neither did Ashley). Why was it important to you to show these particular aspects of Ashley’s journey?
  Without any spoilers – it takes an extreme amount of determination to do some of the things that Ashley does in the book. It comes down to will to live. Ashley wants to live, period. If she has to do some horrific things to make that happen (and she does), then she will. The human instinct to survive is strong… but stronger in some than others.

  This book seems like the YA expression of a lot of the wilderness books I remember reading as a child, especially My Side of the Mountain and Hatchet. But both of those (a) featured boys and (b) made wilderness survival and self-reliance seem kind of fun. Meanwhile, Ashley has her period and has to squat to pee (not fun, I agree), and her survival is a terrible ordeal. Did you intentionally set out to critique those books?
  It’s definitely not a critique. Both of the books you mentioned were pivotal for me as a child, as were any number of other survival books. But even as a child I would read them and think, “Yeah, but…” The really gruesome aspects of what it would take to make it weren’t included. Those books were written for a different audience, at a different time. This is a no-holds-barred version.

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  Writers' Corner
  Interview: Katie McGarry, Author of ‘Only A Breath Apart’
  I’m glad you asked about menstruation. It’s something that simply never comes up in most tv-shows, movies or books, unless it’s an embarrassing situation. I remember on LOST when they were scavenging the remnants of the plane for food and medicine, I really wanted one of the female characters to say, “And tampons. We’re going to need those.”

  Shame and pride are both huge motivating factors for Ashley, and also huge roadblocks. How did you navigate writing a characters whose strengths and weaknesses were only slight shades of each other?
  Ashley is not easy to like. She’s tough, and she doesn’t bite her tongue often. She grew up hardscrabble, and it shows. This means she isn’t always the nicest person in the world. It also means that she’s exactly the kind of person who has the ability to survive in the wilderness. Strengths and weaknesses can switch places quickly with your situation. I think that’s an interesting element of life to dig into.

  So, what’s your next project?
  I’m very excited for my 2021 release, The Initial Insult, which blends retellings of Edgar Allan Poe stories in a contemporary Appalachian Ohio setting.

  Mindy McGinnis is an Edgar Award-winning novelist who writes across multiple genres, including post-apocalyptic, historical, thriller, contemporary, mystery, and fantasy. While her settings may change, you can always count on Mindy’s books to deliver grit, truth, and an unflinching look at humanity and the world around us. Mindy can be found on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, along with at her website.

  Will you be picking up Be Not Far From Me? Tell us in the comments below!

• Mike Schlossberg – Author - https://mikeschlossbergauthor.com/2019/05/09/six-questions-an-interview-with-mindy-mcginnis-author-of-heroine/

  Six Questions: An interview with Mindy McGinnis, author of Heroine
  michaelschlossberg Addiction, Drugs, mental health, mental illness, Uncategorized May 9, 2019 3 Minutes
  Another day, another author interview! This one is with Mindy McGinnis, author of Heroine, a YA book which deals with a main character who becomes addicted to opioids. Here’s the summary:

  An Amazon Best Book of the Month! A captivating and powerful exploration of the opioid crisis—the deadliest drug epidemic in American history—through the eyes of a college-bound softball star. Edgar Award-winning author Mindy McGinnis delivers a visceral and necessary novel about addiction, family, friendship, and hope.

  When a car crash sidelines Mickey just before softball season, she has to find a way to hold on to her spot as the catcher for a team expected to make a historic tournament run. Behind the plate is the only place she’s ever felt comfortable, and the painkillers she’s been prescribed can help her get there.

  The pills do more than take away pain; they make her feel good.

  With a new circle of friends—fellow injured athletes, others with just time to kill—Mickey finds peaceful acceptance, and people with whom words come easily, even if it is just the pills loosening her tongue.

  But as the pressure to be Mickey Catalan heightens, her need increases, and it becomes less about pain and more about want, something that could send her spiraling out of control.

  Again, I love these interviews and the insight they provide. I wrote Redemption to help people understand mental health challenges from a personal perspective – and it seems like that’s what Heroine does for addiction.

  Anyway, here’s the interview.

  —

  1) Do you think that personal experience with mental illness or addiction is necessary to write a book which deals with mental health or addiction?

  I think a measure of it is useful, of course. And – if we’re being honest – pretty much all of is have that, either in our own experience or through loved ones. Having never been an addict myself (to substances, anyway), I wanted to be sure that I knew what I was talking about when I wrote this book. Research involved reading thousands upon thousands of pages about addiction, but also talking to counselors and addicts. The best compliments I’ve had for HEROINE is when a recovered addict tells me I got it right.

  2) It’s clear that society is facing a massive addiction crisis, particularly when it comes to heroin. How much was your book inspired by that ongoing issue?

  I got the idea for writing HEROINE after visiting a school district that had been particularly hard hit by the opioid crisis in southern Ohio. That, combined with my own experiences as a school librarian for fourteen years (and an intense love of softball + respect for female athletes) were the two sticks that struck together to create the spark for the story.

  3) More often then not, when we’re dealing with books about young adult and sports, it’s written as a male character; yours obviously has a female lead. Why do you think that is?

  I was a YA librarian for 14 years in a public school system. I could count on one hand books that featured female athletes, and needed both hands to count off male authors who only wrote about male athletes. As a former high school athlete who was also a reader, I had to wonder – why the disparity? There’s no real reason. So I set out to plug that hole.

  4) I noticed that a few of the reviews noted that the book made readers uncomfortable because of the subject matter. Is that level of discomfort a basic requirement when dealing with a topic this heavy?

  It depends entirely on the reader. I’ve written books where people get set on fire, or nine year olds are shooting someone to protect their water source. I don’t pull punches and I don’t shy from rough topics. I show teens using drugs – and liking it – in this book. I’m sure it will make some people uncomfortable. That’s reality. It’s not pretty or nice or kind or comfortable.

  5) Your book comes with a trigger warning about how has “realistic descriptions” of opioid use, and there has been a good amount of debate over the subject of trigger warnings in recent years. I’d love to hear your thoughts about why you included one and what your thoughts are on the subject generally.

  I’ve never used trigger warnings in any of my books, regardless of the fact they all do feature pretty intense content. For this one, I chose to include a trigger warning because of the honest depictions of drug use. It’s not an after school special with people doing drugs and immediately hating themselves or puking. They do drugs and love how it makes them feel. I didn’t want a recovered addict to read a realistic description of the high of heroin, and miss it enough to relapse.

  6) If you could do it again – anything you’d do differently with the book?

  Too early to say. I can point to things in my older releases that I would do differently because I have some distance and time has passed since I wrote them. HEROINE is still too fresh to have that perspective.

• Frolic - https://frolic.media/mindy-mcginnis-you-can-expect-an-angry-female-gary-paulsen-vibe/

  Mindy McGinnis: “You can expect an angry, female Gary Paulsen vibe.”
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  Aurora: What was your inspiration behind your most recent novel?
  Mindy: I am an avid hiker, and often take vacations in places where I can get some hiking in. One such vacation was near a particularly dense Pennsylvania forest. The person I was with thought we could get a spur of the trail in before darkness fell. I didn’t think we could, and said so, but curiosity outweighed caution and we tried it. Hours later, with no overnight packs and failing phone batteries, we were in pitch black with a trail as wide as my hand, mostly searching for faded blazes on trees to mark our way. It was simultaneously exhilarating and terrifying. We did break out onto the trailhead around 11 PM. And no, I didn’t rub it in that I had been right about that spur. I was too grateful that we’d made it back to our car… and that a novel had been born while we wandered. But me being right about the spur totally came up the next day.

  What character do you most relate to and why?
  People ask me often what character of mine I’m most like. Ashley is definitely the answer. I grew up pretty hardscrabble, and a lot of the stories from her childhood are only slightly adapted from my own experiences.

  Please describe the content of your latest book and what can readers expect from the read.
  I pitch Be Not Far From Me as “drunk Hatchet, with a girl.” That pretty much sums it up. You can expect an angry, female Gary Paulsen vibe.

  What’s next for you in the book world?
  I’m very excited for my 2021 release, The Initial Insult, which blends retellings of Edgar Allan Poe stories in a contemporary Appalachian Ohio setting.

  Who is your favorite writer right now and why?
  I don’t tend to have favorite writers. I will pick up anything and give it a shot. I will say that anything by Tiffany D. Jackson has my vote!

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Be Not Far From Me

By Mindy McGinnis

Ashley Hawkins has always felt at home when she's outside in nature. She's grown up around the mountains and trails of Tennessee, and wilderness survival skills run in her blood. She even earned the nickname "Ass-kicker Ashley" from her old friend Davey--before he mysteriously disappeared on a solo hiking trip.

Unlike many of her friends, Ashley is intimately aware of the woods' pragmatic ruthlessness, not just their potential for keggers and drunken hookups. Against her better judgment, Ashley agrees to go to the Smoky Mountains with friends for a weekend of hiking and partying--only to stumble upon her new boyfriend in a compromising position with his ex.

Stunned and heartbroken, Ashley flees into the night, completely alone, without her backpack, phone or even her shoes. When she suffers a fall in the darkness and her injuries cause her to become increasingly disoriented, the forest that's always been a place of solace for her becomes instead a site of mortal danger. Will Ashley suffer the same fate as Davey?

Be Not Far From Me (Katherine Tegen, $18.99, 9780062561626), a brutal survival tale from Edgar Award-winning author Mindy McGinnis (A Madness So Discreet, This Darkness Mine), doesn't pull any punches when it comes to the harsh realities Ashley encounters in the woods or the excruciating decisions she must make in order to stay alive. As Ashley summons reserves of strength she didn't know she had, she also comes to terms with the difficult circumstances of her past that have made her stronger--and given her the resilience she will need to keep going.

Readers will be utterly captivated by Ashley's harrowing, hopeful fight to survive.

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McGinnis, Mindy BE NOT FAR FROM ME Katherine Tegen/HarperCollins (Young Adult Fiction) $17.99 3, 3 ISBN: 978-0-06-256162-6

A Tennessee teen must put her wilderness survival skills to the ultimate test after becoming separated from her friends during a camping trip in the Smoky Mountains.

Seventeen-year-old cross-country star Ashley Hawkins and her friends Meredith and Kavita are looking forward to a night of camping and drinking beer with classmates along the Appalachian Trail. Ashley wants to spend time with her boyfriend, Duke, but when his ex, Natalie, shows up, Ashley is less than thrilled. When she catches them together later that night, Ashley punches Duke in the face and flees headlong into disaster: A boulder crushes part of her foot, and to her horror, she soon realizes that she's far from camp and very much alone. In the grueling days that follow, with infection setting in and no supplies at hand, Ashley battles hunger and the elements while reflecting on her life, from her mother's abandonment to her underprivileged upbringing, as well as on a young man who disappeared in these very woods two years ago. McGinnis' (Heroine, 2019, etc.) visceral and emotional tale features a strong, stubborn, and alarmingly capable protagonist with unwavering respect for the natural world, and if a few twists rely a bit too much on coincidence, readers will likely be too invested in Ashley's fate to mind. All major characters seem to be white except Indian American Kavita, the only student of color at their school.Impossible to put down. (Fiction. 13-18)

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McGinnis, Mindy HEROINE Katherine Tegen/HarperCollins (Young Adult Fiction) $17.99 3, 12 ISBN: 978-0-06-284719-5

A compassionate, compelling, and terrifying story about a high school softball player's addiction to opioids.

A promising life can be upended in a minute. One moment star catcher Mickey Catalan, who is assumed white, is living an ordinary life, talking about boys and anticipating a winning season with her best friend, pitcher Carolina Galarza. The next moment her car is upside down in a field, and their promising softball careers are in danger. Mickey's divorced parents and Carolina's tightknit Puerto Rican family are rooting for them to recover before the start of the season. After enduring surgeries, they are each given opioid painkillers, yet only Mickey spirals into addiction. From the novel's opening line, the reader awaits the tragic outcome. What matters are the details--the lying, the stealing, the fear about college scholarships, the pain confronted in the weight room, and the desperate desire to win--because they force the reader to empathize with Mickey's escalating need. Realistic depictions of heroin abuse abound, and the author includes a trigger warning. The writing is visceral, and following Mickey as she rationalizes about her addiction is educative and frightening. Even more frightening are the descriptive passages that reveal how pleasant the drugs make her feel. By the end, readers understand how heroin can infiltrate even the most promising lives.

A cautionary tale that exposes the danger of prescription medications by humanizing one victim of America's current epidemic. (author's note, resources) (Fiction. 14-18)

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MCGINNIS, Mindy. Heroine. 432p. Harper Collins/Katherine Tegen Bks. Mar. 2019. Tr $17.99. ISBN 9780062847195.

Gr 9 Up--All it takes is one prescription to kick-start a student athlete's frightening descent into opioid addiction. After surgery following a car accident, Ohio softball phenom Mickey Catalan is prescribed OxyContin for pain. When she starts to run out of the Oxy she relies on to get through her physical therapy, she gets pills from a dealer, through whom she meets other young addicts. Mickey rationalizes what she's doing and sees herself as a good girl who's not like others who use drugs (like new friend Josie, who uses because she's "bored"). Mickey loves how the pills make her feel, how they take her out of herself and relieve the pressures in her life. Soon she's stealing, lying, and moving on to heroin. Her divorced parents, including her recovering addict stepmother, suspect something is going on, but Mickey is skilled at hiding her addiction. A trigger warning rightfully cautions graphic depictions of drug use. In brutally raw detail, readers see Mickey and friends snort powders, shoot up, and go through withdrawal. Intense pacing propels the gripping story toward the inevitable conclusion already revealed in tire prologue. An author's note and resources for addiction recovery are appended. This powerful, harrowing, and compassionate story humanizes addiction and will challenge readers to rethink what they may believe about addicts. VERDICT From the horrific first line to the hopeful yet devastating conclusion, McGinnis knocks it out of the park. A first purchase for all libraries serving teens.--Amanda MacGregor, Parkview Elementary School, Rosemount, MN

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MacGregor, Amanda. "MCGINNIS, Mindy. Heroine." School Library Journal, vol. 65, no. 2, Mar. 2019, p. 115+. Gale General OneFile, https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A576210344/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=ITOF&xid=cd48d4e1. Accessed 2 Mar. 2020.

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