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# Hello?

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From School Library Journal
        	  
        	  
        		  
        		  
	        		
						
			        		Gr 9 Up&#x2014;Tricia is grieving her beloved grandmother&apos;s death, alienating her potter boyfriend Brian, and contemplating suicide. She makes a telephone call to her grandmother&apos;s old number and unexpectedly bonds with Emerson, a young man with a restless girlfriend, Angie. This call forever alters the course of their intertwined lives in the Washington Island and Sturgeon Bay sections of Wisconsin. They are connected in different ways to Brenda, an aspiring actress and screenplay writer haunted by a traumatic event from her past. Wiemer&apos;s debut is smart and character-driven. The five protagonists have distinct viewpoints and share them via different narrative styles: Tricia (prose), Brian (prose and drawings), Emerson (prose), Angie (free verse poetry), and Brenda (screenplay format). They are depicted as real teens living life on their own terms, making mistakes and learning and growing from them. Readers will appreciate literary references to Ralph Waldo Emerson, the 19th-century transcendentalist essayist and poet whom Emerson is named after. Chapters open with Emerson quotes. Savvy popular culture fans will savor references to everything from Frank Sinatra&apos;s signature songs to Led Zeppelin to films like Psycho and 500 Days of Summer. The author successfully ties these threads together without weighing down the narrative. VERDICT Recommended for readers who enjoy quirky coming-of-age stories and believe in the human connection.&#x2014;Donald Peebles, New York Black Librarians Caucus
						    	
					    	
						
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			        		&quot;Tendrils of destiny and healing weave together through this fearless exploration...of love, friendship, and family. Deeply moving!&quot;--NYTBS author Tammara Webber of&#xA0;Easy&#xA0;and&#xA0;Breakable&quot;In her YA debut, Liza Wiemer has officially launched herself on the map with grace. Hello? is a powerful and brilliantly woven story of love, loss, and human connection that makes you believe in the world again. It owned my heart from the first page to the last. One of the most original books EVER.&quot;--Hannah McBride, The Irish Banana Review&quot;A sensitive and deeply drawn portrait of five teens who&apos;s lives intersect in both obvious and surprising ways. Liza Wiemer&apos;s characters are so real they keep off the page.&quot;--Leah Cypress, author of the&#xA0;Death Sworn&#xA0;Series
						    	
					    	
						
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        	  	  From the Author
        	  
        	  
        		  
        		  
	        		
						
			        		Liza&#x2019;s a graduate of UW-Madison (Go Badgers!) with a degree in Education. Besides being a die-hard Green Bay Packers fan, she&apos;s a romantic, a bookaholic, and a lover of crazy socks and rooftops. Liza married the guy who literary swept her off her feet at a Spyro Gyra concert.&#xA0;She has had two adult non-fiction books published and numerous short stories and articles.&#xA0;She has two sons and lives in Milwaukee, WI. Find her at LizaWiemer.com and Twitter @LizaWiemer
						    	
					    	
						
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        	  	  About the Author
        	  
        	  
        		  
        		  
	        		
						
			        		Liza&apos;s a graduate of UW-Madison (Go Badgers!) with a degree in Education. Besides being a die-hard Green Bay Packers fan, she&apos;s a romantic, a bookaholic, and a lover of crazy socks and rooftops. Liza married the guy who literally&#xA0;swept her off her feet at a Spyro Gyra concert.&#xA0;She has had two adult non-fiction books published and numerous short stories and articles.&#xA0;She has two sons and lives in Milwaukee, WI. Find her at LizaWiemer.com and Twitter @LizaWiemer
						    	
					    	
						
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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    An Incredible, Beautifully Written Journey through Five Breaking Hearts
  

*by S***R on November 12, 2015*









  
  
    There are so many different openings I came up with to review Liza Wiemer’s miracle of a novel, “Hello?”, yet not one of them really works.I thought of the REM song lyric, “Everybody hurts, sometimes.” In “Hello?”, everybody hurts at some point or another. Sometimes, it’s because of their own actions—a missed signal given or acted upon, a lie left to fester too long. Other times, the hurt comes from the death of a most-cherished loved one, or memories of long-ago wounds. Still others hurt because they don’t know how to relate to their loved ones’ pain—or when, simply, to give them the space and time they need to sort out their feelings.I thought, too, of a really nasty curveball. In baseball, a great curveball comes out of the pitcher’s hand, and it looks so incredibly enticing—OMG, this guy made a mistake! I’m going to smash this into the cheap seats—then, right at the point the batter swings, the ball breaks sharply downward, and bat misses ball by a ridiculous margin. “Hello?” is full of curveballs. Liza Wiemer’s characters all have their secrets and scars (some scars metaphorical, others corporeal). When some of her characters think they know another’s truth, there’s the sharp break, and they’re off by a mile.Similarly, as readers, we are kept back on our heels, as curveball after curveball leaps up at us from the page. Practically every time we know just what a person has been through or why they behave a certain way, there it is, and we’re left wide-eyed, wondering how we could’ve been so badly fooled.This isn’t authorial trickery, though. It’s our own fault for expecting people—and characters—to be so easily predictable and shallow, that we can properly assume what lurks beneath their respective surfaces. We know the clichés: the good-hearted, nice-guy jock, the unruly party girl, the emo outsider, the emotionally stunted sad girl. We know them all so well, but “Hello?” chips through these veneers, and shows us what we so rarely see: the insecurities and desperation to be understood that lurks around dark corners in each of our hearts. It is a tribute to Ms. Wiemer that her writing peels back these layers, so we can see in her characters those same emotions and feelings most of us try to hide.The image I finally settled upon as best representing “Hello?” is the Olympic Rings. Five rings, interconnected into one symbol.Indeed, “Hello?” has five main characters, all of them high school seniors. There’s Tricia, who just lost her grandmother, her last surviving relative, and her only link to her past. Emerson is a popular jock and excellent student, whose heart holds a terrible guilt he’s incapable of releasing. Angie has secrets so dark she can only express her thoughts through her poetry journal. Brian is a potter, a hugely talented artist, who sets his own life aside for his best friend, a choice that hurts them both. Brenda is a brilliant actress and screenplay writer, who is most comfortable seeing herself in the third-person, as if she were a character in her own drama.These five lives intersect in some ways that are predictable—students at the same small high school would obviously know each other, for example—but it’s the serendipitous way other circles connect that makes “Hello?” such a joy to read.GOD, there are so many things I would love to write about “Hello?”, but spoilers. “Hello?” deserves for each reader to approach it without any preconceived notions, able to savor every nuance and twist with fresh eyes.At the end of the day, The Universe has an odd way of working things out, and what begins with a tearful, late night, wrong number phone call, can somehow end up with a hugely satisfying resolution. The Universe has a bitch of a curveball. So does Liza Wiemer. “Hello?” is a beautiful, intelligent, unpredictable ride.Take it.Most Highly Recommended
  


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    A must read YA Novel for everyone
  

*by M***N on February 11, 2016*









  
  
    I loved this book and could not put it down. I really liked the fact that the different characters had different styles of narration and felt it made the book very easy to quickly get invested in the story and distinguish between the characters.  Every young adult, and everyone for that matter can identify with at least one of the characters.  This should be a must read for every high school student to create a platform to discuss friendship. love, loss and hope.  For that matter, everyone who reads the book of any age, will enjoy this beautifully written tapestry of intertwining characters facing universal challenges.
  


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    Add this to your "Must Read" list!
  

*by P***R on February 11, 2016*









  
  
    I absolutely loved this book.  I actually bought this book as a gift for my 13 year old son but selfishly I wanted to read it too... and I'm so glad I did!  As a busy mom of 3, I have very little free time for myself, and I could not wait to sneak in as much time as I could so I could read this book.  It was worth every penny and minute I spent on it. I absolutely loved the characters and how Liza Wiemer weaved their stories together. Each character's POV was presented in their own personal style which I thought was clever and very refreshing.  Most importantly - I admire how the author addresses some very serious yet realistic situations that kids - especially teenagers - may face in school and among their peers. I think I'm finally ready to share this book with my son - unless I read it again :)To Ms. Wiemer - Thank you for bringing those issues to light, offering various perspectives on how to address them via your characters, and offering resources for those who may need help. I cannot wait to read more from you! Keep them coming!
  


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