The 2016 Nerdies

Thank you so much to the Nerdy Book Club for choosing Holding Up the Universe as one of the Best YA Books of 2016!

Kelly Vorhis, of Nerdy Book Club, says:

“As someone who teaches in a school similar to the one depicted in Niven’s latest novel, I often felt like she’d been eavesdropping on conversations in my town. The different issues that the various characters deal with such as obesity, bullying, substance abuse, and relationships, are REAL, and I’ve found over the years that my students WANT to read about these issues and talk about them.

What makes Holding Up the Universe stand out from other YA novels is two-fold: 1) the main characters, Libby and Jack, are likeable, authentic teenagers who I found myself laughing and crying alongside throughout the novel; and 2) although their families are far from perfect (but what families are?), Libby and Jack’s parents do their best to foster relationships with their children.

Holding Up the Universe is filled with loss, love, courage, kindness, and most of all, HOPE.”

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