Magical and heartbreaking! You will read this book in one gulp.

Jennifer L. Holm, New York Times-bestselling author of The Fourteenth Goldfish

THE THINGS WE MISS is a remarkable book. It has big questions, hard truths, and powerful magic...and it's also a great story. It is a book that will make you think, a book that will make you feel, a book that will make you cheer, a book that will make you cry, a book that will keep you turning the pages. Do not miss THE THINGS WE MISS.

Dan Gemeinhart, New York Times bestselling author of The Midnight Children and The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise

This book is both heartbreaking and magical. I couldn't put it down; I had to know the characters I grew to love would be okay.

Stacy McAnulty, author of The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl and Forever Twelve

Balancing deeply authentic day-to-day moments with an element of unexpected magic, Leah Stecher offers a thoughtful meditation on how we must choose to live fully in a difficult world, even when it hurts us. This is a book about how friendship binds us to ourselves and reality, and why we fight for it.

Laurel Snyder, author of Orphan Island and My Jasper June

An emotionally resonant story that deftly blends fantasy and reality. Readers will see themselves in the smart, likable protagonist as she learns to embrace all experiences, even the most challenging.

Barbara Dee, author of Maybe He Just Likes You and Unstuck

“[An] earnest novel peppered with fast-paced mystery elements.

Publishers Weekly