Penulis: Jessi
Kirby
Tebal: 288
halaman
Penerbit: Simon
& Schuster
First
Published in May 14th 2013
Love, tragedy, and mystery converge in this compelling novel from “an author to watch” (Booklist).
Seventeen-year-old Parker Frost has never taken the road less traveled. Valedictorian and quintessential good girl, she’s about to graduate high school without ever having kissed her crush or broken the rules. So when fate drops a clue in her lap—one that might be the key to unraveling a town mystery—she decides to take a chance.
Julianna Farnetti and Shane Cruz are remembered as the golden couple of Summit Lakes High—perfect in every way, meant to be together forever. But Julianna’s journal tells a different story—one of doubts about Shane and a forbidden romance with an older, artistic guy. These are the secrets that were swept away with her the night that Shane’s jeep plunged into an icy river, leaving behind a grieving town and no bodies to bury.
Reading Julianna’s journal gives Parker the courage to start to really live—and it also gives her reasons to question what really happened the night of the accident. Armed with clues from the past, Parker enlists the help of her best friend, Kat, and Trevor, her longtime crush, to track down some leads. The mystery ends up taking Parker places that she never could have imagined. And she soon finds that taking the road less traveled makes all the difference.
Beberapa hari setelah tamat buku ini, saya masih
terngiang-ngiang dengan kutipan dari Mr. Kinney (yang dikutip dari Mary Oliver):
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”
Serius, apa yang sudah saya lakukan selama 19 tahun
eksistensi saya ini? Apa pencapaian terbesar dalam hidup saya, yang membuat
saya tersenyum ketika menengok ke belakang?
Parker Frost adalah murid biasa. Ia selalu berusaha keras
untuk memenuhi ekspektasi ibunya. Hingga akhirnya tiket menuju kemenangan
berhasil ia dapatkan. Dia masuk nominasi untuk penerima beasiswa Stanford. Tapi, apakah itu benar-benar hal
yang ia inginkan?





