Dear Nobody

by Gillian McCain

First published 2014

Sixteen-year-old Emma is invisible. Her parents don't notice her, her classmates ignore her, and she's fading into the background of her own life. Desperate for any kind of attention, she begins writing letters to "Dear Nobody" - a nameless confidant who becomes her only outlet. But as Emma's isolation deepens, her letters take a dark turn, and she must decide whether to reach out or give in to the crushing loneliness that threatens to consume her.

Genres: fiction, contemporary, adolescence, young-adult

Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking

Tropes: unreliable-narrator

339 pages · ebook · Sourcebooks Fire

Content warnings: depression, mental-illness, suicide

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