Small Spaces (Small Spaces, #1)

by Katherine Arden

You might get to know characters in books, Ollie thought, but getting to know a human was an entirely different thing.

Even bad things can lead to good. Maybe in sad times, it helps to think of that.”

Wherever you go in this big, gorgeous, hideous world, there is a ghost story waiting for you.

She just didn’t care enough to try to be friends anymore. She hadn’t cared about much of anything in almost a year.

Coco didn’t cry because she was weak. Coco cried because she felt things. Ollie never cried because she didn’t feel things. Not anymore. Not really. She tried not to feel things.

“How is she the clumsiest person ever on the ground, yet a squirrel when she’s climbing?” muttered Ollie. Brian grinned. “You’re kind of grumpy most of the time, but when things get bad, you’re the bravest. People can surprise you, Ollie-pop.”