Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

The Brilliance of Fireflies
The Brilliance of Fireflies
The Brilliance of Fireflies
Ebook223 pages3 hours

The Brilliance of Fireflies

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

Emma Loukas had a typical teenage life. Until she didn’t. After choosing to stay home instead of accompanying her family to a minor league baseball game, Emma is not present when a suicide bomber detonates an explosive device at the entrance to the stadium just as her family arrives. In the months that follow, grief therapy and the gloomy looks from friends and her extended family do nothing but drag Emma further down into the rubble left behind by that deadly April afternoon.

To escape the sad reality of her new life, Emma heads across the country to California to spend her senior year with her grandmother. Getting away from her former life is the only way to survive. It doesn’t take long, though, for Emma to experience Grandma Connie’s dementia, and it’s more than a seventeen-year-old is capable of handling on her own. Now, Emma fears she has just made her bad situation worse, and she begins to wonder if it’s even worth trying to survive.

But when the family mementos on the dresser catch her eye, Emma feels a bit of light flicker inside her. Maybe the way to make sense of her new life is to live the lives her mom, dad, and brother no longer can. So she sets out to achieve each of their dreams. It won’t be easy, but it’s all Emma has left, and in the process, she just may find out who she’s supposed to be.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateMay 21, 2019
ISBN9781642375923
The Brilliance of Fireflies

Related to The Brilliance of Fireflies

Related ebooks

YA Coming of Age For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for The Brilliance of Fireflies

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    The Brilliance of Fireflies - Leslie Hauser

    '3^book_preview_excerpt.html\ѲƑXϼTCHHumFJo`H `` p)˗9=ȫfS[" ` ?k3=OgOgOyg"Gͫ }US{)&.理TĞql/j׾ 6Ǣtթ!SS~:{ܢ|Ǵ/u5sKQ5{ެmO O x_]*0Mw[uylM^\pGwETpamTTni8)Vѻ.qm|cq'(ux.rӟ7$^vEN_QBGhW B:~~f?'pKcWPôB;׆cǢ u?=y/ w-6&8 ~ KOh(_m'1N.OCoݏ!?%Kp5 b pqhgM+GO鼬yo _%H^`*"c$)1rBOl <0C L,=V\W޲B(-P}cd8ff8/Ia7Q22B|h\p=̨'=E@0/qL @mtrw_'c>a{I6VDv_!i>!ކ nG?~B(t!꼲HBP*.ސƔ|NԬ<&fȁp^ ;I Ͼx)] )yxV c#)Ri_l1aRx NޙK{ J;L$)K!^?5)= t;pI6/0!Vsґ}/ڑJ$^b48V)KJz-3On#&/=>ٔD Eϛ*A$ԗ~A * އZ7Ad2l>8PC)9E597g ?6F)3.|m'L+r8ޫ r/+Yل?E3^Ke F8jOCBUK4>Xڎ). HGrl4`x ,$%8p`B%FjɁ{bH]QrI=UL'ҮX_ "n'g`*pW koT,gJ&@5X$y .X˜oC䛗H-Qg)-3D/A`E!Y`ve=#J^ͩ_j4M5⬭bx!vY=eq0 i; څr )[l&<4 A8YCFzzY IOk̺UVO@FRVܺ$ [>׬Tt&3sɔVĉpB2,Ufk^.d.݆AQz'wg%JJ=e0GXNNH&"L ݈Mp댤ӊ]߆㞾R\.`weX?c/mErxհs)da oRcq`|B>O+.b? j~u_HF83< )3?oZZ#RM(:ɞc9:z2 ۪=x"l u ߇:}Q|3/r;[h#"Q5t{fU\j-472*ď/Hi[+|e.th(h:ЪQZ Ev߄~Siǹ+[oR֢ G4a)2q$>gu0%d \VhbQºbnL % 9+" ~`g_wEJp su,('kx{~%~9%ΒQKq/i#[XmZd4i|4Sc&Tc%9=2?ٜ(u5c>&)& i9 YQw:vCBځ*O0TbatDfbf^\DǮYÖ T$_NH.R%;HLu%pV:ڸѿwUIF * ln3N8N _?7/9at(.u\eh$VGҜx?ۑWzۛK0LpPM$<LtGd=T&9b2Uq *ԘJ\k5HIheW5i@fiH+9\F:e6qf c1-1"RRȤ6ď6ᒚpaD)nQPK`矃iSڰ緯^* 9ӗ#)M̈%$4 KU#nJw?-~qFegU^tR15N#'.:B6D:Jpm/RɛĪc1w~ZUq 2`yuH՜XHk@,O(7gw Vt Nii(N7uI  e!JS ÍP`s3W@Wh&S~C(hÆUUG5زvax;6"lSEu'/&KV;sr,[Ӈ"2UQJ ap"!;`L@LdV,?}>^9u1unC%I6s3Jq z24muFA5*WRZȄxl| ttf$߿*/s^PTqh9gQ <$[UlN*hJW(-Su~f\J.k㛜}i$#K6KۺWW&BUvVZ`m+1ɯm,ʆ)3Lrgޫ3SHpUX4f.T5_B;zf,V$X-註"1rՂ댚>cQ]q5XRo'ԅ_gbE®%(m3X=0+=NˆÍ;> T^!)3H^$,=܌݈7JZiAį}Kǹ xZl`wCY%ZNg˽="Swf,Qg*KיhŤIS߅qLL׮}Z2F']}5;e4WGq E1szaҠu鹉zMop5u]ס,5EYv-u+j\?%UqH^qMNFJ$Wn"]%$όs@&,qpm2)f-~;tSRX4vY[C۩u#wZ9w(yG?U;i*feSn+ mұxy.b[ӊļB > ]ˀb2"Haҙ%j.7fF`PWE:XZZExӫ8fh^L1m$<&+Rg΋9b,dnRF>I4uբY ӆ(;6ͦs]./_iv61i\}H-B6DfL9`9 wԚa24eTg }$Hag'-Op1Nul`b 2Lb ~ཚ BU q3a[oDz]*8hݡrڈ4pnpai_4//5V?yU-x'ZJ*2G҅T_Zk!r9uo#nYn{d|o`[gNk0kUƹMW}!וKZp/N++3kڙ[Z΍M27fVuV\pIN( 3m|ţ J6k3SʯHe"d(p5‹I mlp$8 9׷@| `ZpFX:kg8@LւT5Wس2Q+(z s7dO\7;ID-UYFQ#"9&$]딬pEpK8,׭6~kUuێ}X~״&cs$ 2 &k>Â2.+ocY3ttuyp*cWGU`Z(3DnDZvE"h.Jr2SpcR8-hS6xGÓ?čugZo,rs2$E@l%)k nCNї{ $tr^' JG6wߚј_Ȏf%c`îh=e:3+ڪ”׎Sp^Tg3U^ 'N{kbH.wEgnA>yU#% ++ ˛: O+{ਃBwnNEP:<}ΎN$Q(7%+mN'뵿n$V^|UZ*o^m/pzWzQl42?x$o-aXNU+ +%G^ QQ /^֎{\\d/pFflE4´rOBIcYTQP:I`cE~V2^+N/3qʵ$Q䮬R j7&,yuu+w') ٨ *,09I) >:&۩h6tg:`ix)=Φ2%L 05FWMy~5vO15_ӊ6a9o:ry*NahnIQGy展NL2%DoVuv|M8-0̖&S~֭jWetlڽ(`"cN|T~Gs+_ ¤QF
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1