The Hundreds is a magical place and Sorosiak makes you want to live in such a place.

Quinn’s family owns a summer camp called The Hundreds, which serves as the setting for the majority of the book. When we remember, even the room sighs, all the hardwoods letting out a collective whoosh. Instinctively, I roll my eyes, noticing that Fern and Reed do, too, and for a split second we forget not to smile at each other.

The siblings are grieving and rather than turn to each other for support they have decided to deal with Dylan’s death alone. She feels ostracized by not only her family but the small town that her family live within.

We find out that Quinn feels responsible for Dylan’s death and it would appear that her siblings blame her as well. Dylan was adored by all three siblings and his death tore a once close-knit family apart. Quinn’s life was turned upside down when her best friend Dylan died in the summer. As well as Quinn, there is her gay older brother Reed and her rebellious younger sister, Fern. Quinn is seventeen years old and the middle child in a family that has drifted apart. We follow Quinn in the present day during fall/winter, as well as the previous summer when Quinn’s life changed forever. The story alternates between two timelines, both narrated by Quinn. (June)Ĭorrection: A previous version of this review misstated the book's title.Wild Blue Wonder is a quirky, original and beautiful book about grief and guilt. Sorosiak has created a family whom readers will connect with in all their messy, genuine sincerity. This depiction of first love collective loss, and the complicated nature of sibling relationships by Sorosiak ( If Birds Fly Back) surges with emotion, and Quinn’s developing relationship with newcomer Alexander, who is ignorant of the past summer’s details, provides lightness to this story of all-consuming heartache and shame. Quinn, the only witness to Dylan’s death, is determined to face the monster in the cove-and the one within herself. A year later, the siblings are silos of grief and guilt, each alone with their memories. Quinn had always been skeptical until the tragic night that the monster claimed Dylan, the boy the Sawyer siblings loved best. The Hundreds has a special sort of magic: blueberries grow even in the bitter winter months, ghosts may well be present, and the family believes an aquatic monster roams the depths of their cove. And me.” Quinn Sawyer, 17, lives at the Hundreds, a summer camp her family owns and operates. “As you know, in all camp stories, there are monsters.

Wild Blue Wonder by Carlie Sorosiak