# We Are Okay

**Author:** Nina LaCour
**Grade range:** Grades 9–12
**First published:** 2017
**Page count:** 257
**ISBN-13:** `9780399538513`
**ISBN-10:** `0399538518`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/we-are-okay
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An achingly beautiful novel about grief, the enduring power of friendship, and the healing effects of kindness, from the award-winning author of Hold Still WINNER OF THE MICHAEL L. PRINTZ AWARD • ONE OF TIME’S BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOKS OF ALL TIME • KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE CENTURY “Short, poetic and gorgeously written . . . The world LaCour creates is fragile but profoundly humane.” —The New York Times Book Review You go through life thinking there’s so much you need. . . . Until you leave with only your phone, your wallet, and a picture of your mother. Marin hasn’t spoken to anyone from her old life since the day she left everything behind. No one knows the truth about those final weeks—not even her best friend, Mabel. But even thousands of miles awa

## Where this book is assigned

### Michael L. Printz Award

- **recommended** · 9th grade — [source: Michael L. Printz Award winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2018 Printz Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_L._Printz_Award)
- **recommended** · 10th grade — [source: Michael L. Printz Award winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2018 Printz Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_L._Printz_Award)
- **recommended** · 11th grade — [source: Michael L. Printz Award winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2018 Printz Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_L._Printz_Award)
- **recommended** · 12th grade — [source: Michael L. Printz Award winners (American Library Association), via Wikipedia — 2018 Printz Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_L._Printz_Award)

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