{"product_id":"early-departures","title":"Early Departures: A Heartbreaking YA Novel About Friendship, Love, Loss, and One Final Goodbye","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLike Adam Silvera’s They Both Die at the End and Colleen Hoover’s It Ends with Us, Early Departures by Justin A. Reynolds, author of Opposite of Always, is a powerful and deeply moving YA contemporary novel with a speculative twist about love, death, grief, and friendship.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat if you could bring your best friend back to life—but only for a short time?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJamal’s best friend, Q, doesn’t know that he died, and that he’s about to die . . . again. He doesn’t know that Jamal tried to save him. And that the reason they haven’t been friends for two years is because Jamal blames Q for the accident that killed his parents.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut what if Jamal could have a second chance? A new technology allows Q to be reanimated for a few weeks before he dies . . . permanently. And Q’s mom is not about to let anyone ruin this miracle by telling Q about his impending death. So how can Jamal fix everything if he can’t tell Q the truth?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEarly Departures weaves together loss, grief, friendship, and love to form a wholly unique homage to the bonds that bring people together for life—and beyond.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Book Readers Venue","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44988004106448,"sku":"5370155","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/6983\/9568\/files\/earlydepartures.jpg?v=1774563809","url":"https:\/\/the-book-readers-venue.myshopify.com\/products\/early-departures","provider":"The Book Readers Venue","version":"1.0","type":"link"}