num_pages: 368
description: How do you move on from an irreplaceable loss? In a poignant debut a sixteen-year-old boy must learn to swim against an undercurrent of griefor be swept away by it.Otis and Meg were inseparable until her family abruptly moved away after the terrible accident that left Otiss little brother dead and both of their families changed forever. Since then its been three years of radio silence during which time Otis has become the unlikely protg of eighteen-year-old Darapart drill sergeant part friendwhos hell-bent on transforming Otis into the Olympic swimmer she can no longer be. But when Otis learns that Meg is coming back to town he must face some difficult truths about the girl hes never forgotten and the brother hes never stopped grieving. As it becomes achingly clear that he and Meg are not the same people they were Otis must decide what to hold on to and what to leave behind. Quietly affecting this compulsively readable debut novel captures all the confusion heartbreak and fragile hope of three teens struggling to accept profound absences in their lives.
language: English
title: Phantom Limbs
publisher: Candlewick