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Also by N. Griffin:

Trigger, April 2022
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The Whole Stupid Way We Are, February 2013
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THE WHOLE STUPID WAY WE ARE
By: N. Griffin

Atheneum Books for Young Readers
February 2013
On Sale: February 5, 2013
Featuring: Skint; Dinah
384 pages
ISBN: 1442431555
EAN: 9781442431553
Kindle: B0088P0JD2
Hardcover / e-Book
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Young Adult

What happens when everything you’ve got to give isn’t enough to save someone you love?

It’s Maine. It’s winter. And it’s FREEZING STINKIN’ COLD! Dinah is wildly worried about her best friend, Skint. He won’t wear a coat. Refuses to wear a coat. It’s twelve degrees out, and he won’t wear a coat. So Dinah’s going to figure out how to help. That’s what Dinah does—she helps. But she’s too busy trying to help to notice that sometimes, she’s doing more harm than good. Seeing the trees instead of the forest? That’s Dinah.

And Skint isn’t going to be the one to tell her. He’s got his own problems. He’s worried about a little boy whose dad won’t let him visit his mom. He’s worried about an elderly couple in a too-cold house down the street.

But the wedge between what drives Dinah and what concerns Skint is wide enough for a big old slab of ice. Because Skint’s own father is in trouble. Because Skint’s mother refuses to ask for help even though she’s at her breaking point. And because Dinah might just decide to…help. She thinks she’s cracking through a sheet of ice, but what’s actually there is an entire iceberg.

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