Hold Still

An arresting story about starting over after a friend�'s suicide, froma breakthrough new voice in YA fiction

dear caitlin, there are so many things that i want so badly to tell you but i just can�'t.

Devastating, hopeful, hopeless, playful . . . in words and illustrations, Ingrid left behind a painful farewell in her journal for Caitlin. Now Caitlin is left alone, by loss and by choice, struggling to find renewed hope in the wake of her best friend�'s suicide. With the help of family and newfound friends, Caitlin will encounter first love, broaden her horizons, and start to realize that true friendship didn�'t die with Ingrid. And the journal which once seemed only to chronicle Ingrid�'s descent into depression, becomes the tool by which Caitlin once again reaches out to all those who loved Ingrid���nd Caitlin herself