I Stop Somewhere

by TE Carter Narrated by Laurel Schroeder

Overview

From TE Carter comes a highly-anticipated audiobook debut. I Stop Somewhere promises to keep listeners hooked from the very first track.

Ellie Frias disappeared long before she vanished.

Tormented throughout middle school, Ellie begins her freshman year with a new look: she doesn't need to be popular; she just needs to blend in with the wallpaper.

But when the unthinkable happens, Ellie finds herself trapped after a brutal assault. She wasn't the first victim, and now she watches it happen again and again. She tries to hold on to her happier memories in order to get past the cold days, waiting for someone to find her.

The problem is, no one searches for a girl they never noticed in the first place.

TE Carter's stirring and visceral debut audiobook not only discusses and dismantles rape culture, but it also reminds listeners what it means to be human.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"I Stop Somewhere is an achingly beautiful novel . . . I Stop Somewhere handles a sensitive topic with grace and beauty. The lyrical prose gently leads readers to an understanding of Ellie’s situation without harsh or graphic detail." —VOYA, starred review

"In a breathy, lyrical voice, Carter tells an all-too-familiar story about violence, rape culture, and the damaging shortcomings of the justice system in response to sexual assault. Carter builds a deeply evocative setting—a town besieged by failing industry and a vampiric real-estate developer—which is a fitting background for a story about a community turning its back on its vulnerable residents. . . the pointed conversation about rape culture and violence remains timely and important. Hand to readers who loved Laurie Halse Anderson’s Speak (1999)." —Booklist

"This is heartbreakingly realistic in illustrating the ways society fails girls in Ellie’s shoes. The author is also very skilled at conveying the brutality of the attacks on Ellie and the other girls without gratuitous or sensationalizing detail."—School Library Journal

School Library Journal

02/01/2018
Gr 10 Up—A devastating look at rape culture, bleaker but reminiscent of Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones. After years of being bullied at her old school, Ellie Frias is determined to blend in as she starts her freshman year of high school and she is mostly successful at being invisible. It surprises her when the wealthy and charming Caleb Brewer singles her out—but people are not always what they seem. After a brutal assault, Ellie is trapped as an unwilling observer, knowing she is not the only one and that justice is hard to come by. This is heartbreakingly realistic in illustrating the ways society fails girls in Ellie's shoes. The author is also very skilled at conveying the brutality of the attacks on Ellie and the other girls without gratuitous or sensationalizing detail. However, the teen's voice feels too mature for a freshman as naive as Ellie, even one looking back at life's hard lessons. Possibly due to the awkward structure and pacing, Ellie doesn't experience much change or growth and ends the story still blaming weakness in the victims for what was done to them. VERDICT While not without merit, the storytelling is much less effective than stronger books addressing the same topic, such as Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak or Courtney Summers's All the Rage. A nonessential purchase for libraries.—Elizabeth Saxton, Tiffin, OH

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169169232
Publisher:	Macmillan Audio
Publication date:	02/27/2018
Edition description:	Unabridged
Age Range:	10 - 13 Years

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