The Rest of Us Just Live Here

Six starred reviews!

A bold and irreverent YA novel that powerfully reminds us that there are many different types of remarkable, The Rest of Just Live Here is from novelist Patrick Ness, author of the Carnegie Medal- and Kate Greenaway Medal-winning A Monster Calls and the critically acclaimed Chaos Walking trilogy.

What if you aren’t the Chosen One? The one who’s supposed to fight the zombies, or the soul-eating ghosts, or whatever the heck this new thing is, with the blue lights and the death?

What if you’re like Mikey? Who just wants to graduate and go to prom and maybe finally work up the courage to ask Henna out before someone goes and blows up the high school. Again.

Because sometimes there are problems bigger than this week’s end of the world, and sometimes you just have to find the extraordinary in your ordinary life.

Even if your best friend is worshipped by mountain lions.

ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults * Cooperative Children’s Book Center CCBC Choice * Michael Printz Award shortlist * Kirkus Best Book of the Year * VOYA Perfect Ten * NYPL Top Ten Best Books of the Year for Teens * Chicago Public Library Best Teen Books of the Year * Publishers Marketplace Buzz Books * ABC Best Books for Children * Bank Street Best Books List

• Not the Chosen One: A hilarious and heartfelt satire where the paranormal apocalypse is just background noise to the real problems: graduating, going to prom, and surviving your own family.
• Teen Mental Health Representation: Follow Mikey as he navigates the loops of his anxiety and OCD, reminding readers that sometimes the biggest battles are the ones inside your own head.
• YA Contemporary Fantasy: In a town where indie kids fight soul-eating ghosts and someone blows up the high school (again), finding the extraordinary in the ordinary is the only way to survive.
• Unforgettable Friend Group: Because when your best friend is worshipped by mountain lions, you need a crew that has your back, no matter what.