Sarah Everett

Sarah Everett

Sarah Everett is the author of The Probability of Everything, which won the 2023 Governor General’s Literary Award for Young People’s Literature, as well as several books for teens. Charlotte’s Web was the first book that ever made her cry, and, while she despises spiders, she still has an abiding love of stories that move her. When she is not reading or writing, she is dreaming about summer, gearing up for her next travel adventure, perfecting her tree pose, or yodeling with her dog. She lives in Edmonton.

The Shape of Lost Things

Skye Nickson’s world changed forever when her dad went on the run with her brother, Finn. It’s been four years without Finn’s jokes, four years without her father’s old soul music, and four years of Skye filling in as Rent-a-Finn on his MIA birthdays for their mom. Finn’s birthday is always difficult, but at least Skye has her best friends, Reece and Jax, to lean on, even if Reece has started acting too cool for them.

But this year is different because after Finn’s birthday, they get a call that he’s finally been found. Tall, quiet, and secretive, this Finn is nothing like the brother she grew up with. He keeps taking late-night phone calls and losing his new expensive gifts, and he doesn’t seem to remember any of their inside jokes or secrets.

As Skye tries to make sense of it all through the lens of her old Polaroid camera, she starts to wonder: Could this Finn be someone else entirely? And if everyone else has changed, does it mean that Skye has to change too?

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The Chat with Sarah Everett. –49th Shelf

The Probability of Everything is 100% engrossing and 100% unforgettable. –SesayArts

Edmonton author Sarah Everett wins one of Canada’s oldest and most prestigious prizes. –Edmonton Journal

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