The You I've Never Known

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Synopsis

How do you live your life if your past is based on a lie? A new novel in both verse and prose from #1 New York Times bestselling author, Ellen Hopkins.

For as long as she can remember, it’s been just Ariel and Dad. Ariel’s mom disappeared when she was a baby. Dad says home is wherever the two of them are, but Ariel is now seventeen and after years of new apartments, new schools, and new faces, all she wants is to put down some roots. Complicating things are Monica and Gabe, both of whom have stirred a different kind of desire.

Maya’s a teenager who’s run from an abusive mother right into the arms of an older man she thinks she can trust. But now she’s isolated with a baby on the way, and life’s getting more complicated than Maya ever could have imagined.

Ariel and Maya’s lives collide unexpectedly when Ariel’s mother shows up out of the blue with wild accusations: Ariel wasn’t abandoned. Her father kidnapped her fourteen years ago.

What is Ariel supposed to believe? Is it possible Dad’s woven her entire history into a tapestry of lies? How can she choose between the mother she’s been taught to mistrust and the father who has taken care of her all these years?

In bestselling author Ellen Hopkins’s deft hands, Ariel’s emotionally charged journey to find out the truth of who she really is balances beautifully with Maya’s story of loss and redemption. This is a memorable portrait of two young women trying to make sense of their lives and coming face to face with themselves—for both the last and the very first time.

Chapters

  • TheYouIveNeverKnown 01 Open

    Duration: 49s
  • TheYouIveNeverKnown 02 ToBegin

    Duration: 32s
  • TheYouIveNeverKnown 03 Ariel Home

    Duration: 30min
  • TheYouIveNeverKnown 04 Maya

    Duration: 08min
  • TheYouIveNeverKnown 05 Ariel

    Duration: 27min
  • TheYouIveNeverKnown 06 Maya

    Duration: 08min
  • TheYouIveNeverKnown 07 Ariel

    Duration: 32min
  • TheYouIveNeverKnown 08 Maya

    Duration: 05min
  • TheYouIveNeverKnown 09 Ariel

    Duration: 22min
  • TheYouIveNeverKnown 10 Maya

    Duration: 09min
  • TheYouIveNeverKnown 11 Ariel

    Duration: 21min
  • TheYouIveNeverKnown 12 Maya

    Duration: 06min
  • TheYouIveNeverKnown 13 Ariel

    Duration: 24min
  • TheYouIveNeverKnown 14 Maya

    Duration: 06min
  • TheYouIveNeverKnown 15 Ariel

    Duration: 34min
  • TheYouIveNeverKnown 16 Maya

    Duration: 06min
  • TheYouIveNeverKnown 17 Ariel

    Duration: 28min
  • TheYouIveNeverKnown 18 Maya

    Duration: 05min
  • TheYouIveNeverKnown 19 Ariel

    Duration: 21min
  • TheYouIveNeverKnown 20 Maya

    Duration: 05min
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