# What Beauty There Is

**Author:** Cory Anderson
**Grade range:** Grades 9–12
**First published:** 2021
**Page count:** 284
**Genre:** Young Adult
**ISBN-13:** `9780241441749`
**ISBN-10:** `0241441749`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/what-beauty-there-is
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

A searingly powerful and unputdownable thriller that is The Road meets Winter's Bone. 'Beautifully written . . . a chilling footpath of love and loss and keeps you there until you've read every last word' Ruta Sepetys HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO PROTECT THOSE YOU LOVE? Life can be brutal. Jack knew it. So did I. When jack and I met, did I sense the coming tornado? I think I did, and there was no stopping it. For seventeen years, Ava's father has stolen her freedom; silencing her voice and teaching her to love no one. Trust no one. On the other side of town, life's taken everything from Jack. And now it's coming for his little brother. Alone in the harsh Idaho Winter, their only chance to escape is finding the drug money that destroyed their family. When Ava realizes her father is on Jack's tra

## Where this book is assigned

### William C. Morris YA Debut Award

- **recommended** · 9th grade — [source: William C. Morris YA Debut Award winners + finalists, via Wikipedia — 2022 Honor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_C._Morris_Award)
- **recommended** · 10th grade — [source: William C. Morris YA Debut Award winners + finalists, via Wikipedia — 2022 Honor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_C._Morris_Award)
- **recommended** · 11th grade — [source: William C. Morris YA Debut Award winners + finalists, via Wikipedia — 2022 Honor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_C._Morris_Award)
- **recommended** · 12th grade — [source: William C. Morris YA Debut Award winners + finalists, via Wikipedia — 2022 Honor](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_C._Morris_Award)

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