A NOVEL ABOUT LOVE, LOSS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

2016 SILVER MEDAL WINNER MOONBEAM CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARDS

2017 LIST FOR YOUNG ADULT FICTION GREEN EARTH BOOK AWARDS

Destiny doesn’t factor into seventeen-year-old adoptee Maddie’s rational world, where numbers and scientific probability have always proven to be the only things she can count on as safe and reliable. But Maddie is also an artist who draws on her instincts and intuition to create the collages she makes from photographs and the castoff scraps she saves. When her brother falls in with a Los Angeles street gang, though, something happens to Maddie - she loses her ability to create art. 

Then fate deals Maddie a card she can’t ignore: Aiden, a young filmmaker she meets when a water main bursts inside a camera store. Aiden is haunted by the death of his younger brother, and a life-changing decision he must now make - whether or not to keep his baby daughter. Caught in a whirlpool of love and loss, Maddie and Aiden find that art and numbers, a mission to save endangered whales, and a worn-out copy of Moby Dick all collide to heal and save them both.

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WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT “KEEP HER”

“Krygier's vivid, immersive prose... a recommended read for creative romantics everywhere." - School Library Journal"

Keep Her will engage fans of contemporary fiction. Fans of meant-to-be romance stories will not be disappointed." - Voya Magazine

"Krygier writes like she knows the characters personally… I have never read a story as filled with passion and regret as this book." - TeenReads

"This vibrantly dazzling literary cocktail on the restorative powers of love will leave reader's hearts renewed." - Popsugar

“Leora Krygier weaves an eloquent story about two star-crossed lovers. I absolutely loved this heartbreaking but uplifting tale.” - Linda Schreyer, author of Tears and Tequila

“A riveting, complex tale of adventure and love. Maddie and Aiden, both unmoored by loss, make their way—together.” - Sarah Lamstein, author of Hunger Moon