The You I've Never Known

Seventeen-year-old Ariel has spent her life traveling with her controlling, abusive father and believing that her mother abandoned the family. As she begins to explore her sexuality and identity, her father's account of the past is challenged when her mother reappears with a startling claim. The novel also follows Maya, a teenager fleeing an abusive home, whose life becomes unexpectedly connected with Ariel's. Told in both verse and prose, it examines family secrets, abuse, identity, and the search for truth.

by Ellen Hopkins

First published 2017 · 590 pages