![]() ![]() ![]() Ingrid’s secrets are excruciating to discover, but the ample evidence of her creative force makes it clear that her life had meaning. i am sad all the time and the sadness is so heavy that I can’t get away from it”). ![]() The entries and pictures in Ingrid’s journal vibrate with feeling and provide insight into the pain of chronic depression (“the sun stopped shining for me is all. What is most remarkable about LaCour’s tale is her ability to make the presence of an absent character so deeply felt. Then she discovers Ingrid’s journal, a record of her thoughts during her final days, and reasons for her tragic, perhaps inevitable fate begin to come to light. Afraid to risk new friendships and unable to continue her own artistic endeavors, Caitlin finds herself in a state of paralysis, wrestling with questions that may remain unanswered. Caitlin begins her junior year in high school bitter and stunned over the recent suicide of her best friend Ingrid, a talented photographer and artist. Ten years after the initial release of this novel, a beautiful new paperback edition of this novel has been released with a moving author's note from. Publication date 2009 Topics Cultural Literacy and Humanities, Reading Level-Grade 7, Reading Level-Grade. ![]() LaCour makes an impressive debut with an emotionally charged young adult novel about friendship and loss. Hold Still is Nina LaCour's debut novel, a heartbreaking young-adult contemporary that follows Caitlin Madison's life over the course of a year following the suicide of her best friend, Ingrid. Hold still by LaCour, Nina Nolting, Mia, 1983- illustrator. ![]()
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