14 must-read new YA releases to beat the August heat
By Lacy Baugher
August 2021 release: Edie in Between – Laura Sibson
Laura Sibson’s sophomore novel tells the story of a young girl trying to find her way after the death of her closest friend and confidant: her mother.
Edie must tackle her still simmering grief after her mother’s unexpected death, all while moving in with the grandmother she barely knows in a new town. Add all this to the fact that her mother rejected the magic she passed down to Edie (and taught her daughter to do the same) and the summer becomes a lot more complicated than she ever could have imagined.
A modern-day Practical Magic, Edie in Between is a story about love, loss, and embracing the mystical.
The official synopsis offers more details about the story.
"It’s been one year since Edie’s mother died. But her ghost has never left. According to her GG, it’s tradition that the dead of the Mitchell family linger with the living. It’s just as much a part of a Mitchell’s life as brewing cordials or talking to plants. But Edie, whose pain over losing her mother is still fresh, has no interest in her family’s legacy as local “witches.” When her mother’s teenage journal tumbles into her life, her family’s mystical inheritance becomes once and for all too hard to ignore. It takes Edie on a scavenger hunt to find objects that once belonged to her mother, each one imbued with a different memory. Every time she touches one of these talismans, it whisks her to another entry inside the journal—where she watches her teenage mom mourn, love, and hope just as Edie herself is now doing. Maybe, just maybe, Edie hopes, if she finds every one of these objects, she can finally make peace with her loss and put the past to rest for good. But this journey to stake her independence from her family may actually show Edie who she truly is…and the beautiful gifts that come with being just a little different."
Edie in Between is available on August 24.