The You Ive Never Known, Ellen Hopkins
The You Ive Never Known, Ellen Hopkins
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The You I've Never Known

Author: Ellen Hopkins

Narrator: Candace Thaxton, Rebekkah Ross, Kirby Heyborne

Unabridged: 8 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/24/2017


Synopsis

How do you live your life if your past is based on a lie? Find out in this “satisfied and moving story” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) in both verse and prose from #1 New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkins.

For as long as she can remember, it’s been just Ariel and Dad. Ariel’s mom disappeared when she was a baby. Dad says home is wherever the two of them are, but Ariel is now seventeen and after years of new apartments, new schools, and new faces, all she wants is to put down some roots. Complicating things are Monica and Gabe, both of whom have stirred a different kind of desire.

Maya’s a teenager who’s run from an abusive mother right into the arms of an older man she thinks she can trust. But now she’s isolated with a baby on the way, and life’s getting more complicated than Maya ever could have imagined.

Ariel and Maya’s lives collide unexpectedly when Ariel’s mother shows up out of the blue with wild accusations: Ariel wasn’t abandoned. Her father kidnapped her fourteen years ago.

In bestselling author Ellen Hopkins’s deft hands, Ariel’s emotionally charged journey to find out the truth of who she really is balances beautifully with Maya’s story of loss and redemption. This is a memorable portrait of two young women trying to make sense of their lives and coming face to face with themselves—for both the last and the very first time.

About Ellen Hopkins

Ellen Hopkins is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of numerous young adult novels, as well as the adult novels such as Triangles, Collateral, and Love Lies Beneath. She lives with her family in Carson City, Nevada, where she has founded Ventana Sierra, a nonprofit youth housing and resource initiative. Follow her on Twitter at @EllenHopkinsLit.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jess

Originally, I was enjoying this. However, it started to drag on and feel like nothing was really happening. I found myself skipping parts because it was really adding to the story line. Everything became so predictable that it wasn't enjoyable. Yes, there were a couple twists, but most of the suppos......more

Goodreads review by maria

*Disclaimer: I was provided with an ARC of The You I’ve Never Known by Ellen Hopkins through Simon and Schuster Canada in exchange for an honest review. This does not influence my opinion or rating in any way. -- Ellen Hopkins has been at the top of my favourite authors list probably since about the t......more

Goodreads review by Jill

This book was a pleasant surprise! Having never read a book by Ellen Hopkins before, I wasn't sure what to expect going into it. I've heard so much about how she writes stories that shock people and that deal with pretty controversial issues. I've also never read a book made up mostly of verse, so t......more