Shift

Some friends fade away....Others disappear.Imagine you and your best friend head out West on a cross-country bike trek.Imagine that the two of you get into a fight -- and stop riding together.Imagine you reach Seattle, go back home, start college.Imagine you think your former best friend does too.Imagine he doesn't.Imagine your world shifting....Shiftis a tour de force -- a literary debut that'll knock the wind out of you as it explores the depths of loyalty, the depths of friendship, and the unknowable depths of another person.

Jennifer Bradbury is the author of the middle grade novel River Runs Deep and of several critically acclaimed young adult novels, including A Moment Comes, Wrapped, and her debut, Shift—which Kirkus Reviews called “fresh, absorbing, compelling” in a starred review. Shift was picked as an ALA and a School Library Journal Best Book for Young Adults and is also on numerous state reading lists. She taught in Chandigarh, India, and teachers still in Burlington, Washington, where she lives with her family.