Optimists die first
By: Susin Nielsen
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780553496901; 9780553496918; 9780553496932
Subjects: Art therapy; Romance fiction; Emotional problems; Juvenile fiction; High school students; Fiction; Death; Sisters; Love; Fear; Friendship
Description: "When Petula de Wilde, who is anything but wild, meets Jacob in their school's dorky art therapy program, his friendship (and something more) helps her overcome intense fears since her sister died. And he has a secret of his own"--

Since her sister's death, Petula de Wilde sees danger in everything. A mandatory art therapy class with a groups of teenage misfits is the worst part of each week. She wants nothing to do with them-- especially Jacob and his prosthetic arm. When they work together on a project, he helps her with her fears. But a secret he's been keeping from her could unravel everything....