num_pages: 368
description: Ever since Esther Solars grandfather met Death her entire family has been doomed to suffer one great fear in their lifetimea fear that will eventually lead each and every one of them to their graves. Take Esthers father for instance: Hes an agoraphobe who hasnt left the basement in six years. Then theres her twin brother Eugene whose fear of the dark goes far beyond the things that go bump in the night. And her mother Rosemary is absolutely terrified of bad luck.As for Esther shes managed to escape the curseso far. She doesnt yet have a great fear because she avoids pretty much everything. Elevators small spaces crowdsanything that might trigger a phobia is off-limits and is meticulously recorded in her semi-definitive list of worst nightmares. Esther thinks she has it all figured out until shes reunited with an old elementary school classmateand first crushJonah Smallwood. The encounter leaves her stranded at a bus stop and swindled out of her phone all her cash a Fruit Roll-Up shed been saving and her listnot to mention her dignity. But the theft is also the beginning of an unexpected friendship between the two one that sends the pair on a journey of self-discovery as they try to break the curse thats consumed Esthers family. Together they face their greatest fears one debilitating phobia at a time only to discover the one fear they hadnt counted on: love.
language: English
title: A Semi-Definitive List of Worst Nightmares
publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers