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THE COLDEST WINTER I EVER SPENT

FINALIST FOR THE 2023 CALIFORNIA BOOK AWARD for Young Adult Fiction!

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LERNER PUBLISHING GROUP

NOW an AUDIOBOOK from PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE LISTENING LIBRARY!

Kirkus says The Coldest Winter I Ever Spent “honestly and courageously explores sensitive topics.”

Booklist says, “…a beautiful job with many difficult subjects, striking just the right tone and treating her highly sympathetic characters with dignity and compassion.”

Publishers Weekly calls it “intensely emotional and honest.”

 
 
 

A new edition of

ROMANCING THE DARK

IN THE CITY OF LIGHT

is now out in paperback and ebook!

AMAZON or order through your favorite bookstore

 
 
 
 

Photo byMarc Olivier Leblanc

About Ann Jacobus

Ann Jacobus writes children’s and YA fiction, teaches writing, and is a suicide prevention volunteer and mental health advocate. She’s published short fiction, essays, and poetry in anthologies, journals, and magazines, and is the author of YA novel The Coldest Winter I Ever Spent and YA thriller Romancing the Dark in the City of Light.

 
 

Praise for Romancing the Dark in the City of Light

“Jacobus creates a full picture of wild and wonderful Paris in her debut novel, tinted with an exotic magic realism that adds an extra layer of atmosphere.”Booklist