"An intense, sometimes graphic, totally heartbreaking portrait of a character who will keep pages turning." - Booklist , Starred Review " In Sight of Stars deals with mental health, Vincent Van Gogh, family and recovery; all told in some of the most beautiful prose you will probably ever read. As far as I'm concerned, [this novel] is the equivalent to "Starry Night Over the Rhone," making Gae Polisner the Vincent Van Gogh of young adult fiction." - Teen Reads "A moving YA read about grief, mental health, and healing." - HelloGiggles "Gae Polisner's latest release is nothing short of extraordinary. As I like to say, this book is the lovechild of Stephen Chbosky's The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Ned Vizzini's It's Kind of a Funny Story . One of the most compelling and important books on the shelves today, giving teens an outlet to feel heard and understood."- Germ Magazine "In the vein of Ned Vizzini's It's Kind of a Funny Story , Polisner's short novel destigmatizes mental illness, emphasizing that everyone needs a little help sometimes.
Readers will laugh, cry, and ache alongside Klee as they follow his recover. In a sea of recent contemporary novels about teens with mental illnesses, this one stands out for its strong writing, likable protagonist, and overwhelmingly positive messages." - School Library Journal "An unapologetic and wry story about a teen finding his way out of a personal crisis." - Kirkus Reviews " Readers will be able to see more dimensions to his parents than Klee himself sees as he recounts his memories; by the end, characters are fully realized in all their damaged complexity. Readers traversing their own real and metaphorical losses, particularly as they learn to see their parents and themselves as full individuals, will find companionship as they share Klee's journey toward acceptance of who he is." - The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books "This book is an absolute must-read and the best contemporary novel I've read since J.C. Geiger's Wildman .
" - YA Books Central "An achingly fierce exploration of the way the world wounds us and heals us. If you love exquisitely written coming-of-age stories that will leave you breathless, In Sight of Star s is for you." - Jeff Zentner, William C. Morris award-winning author of The Serpent King and Goodbye Days "What a book. So human and kind and forgiving and real." - Geoff Herbach, award-winning author of Stupid Fast and Hooper.