Praise for The Weight of One Pomegranate
“Focused on a tenacious and thoughtful teen exploring her identity and her sister’s death, this novel sensitively and realistically reflects on love, loss, friendship, family and coming of age.”
—Ms. Magazine
“This beautiful exploration of grief told in vivid prose paints the connection between Isadora and Eleni with complexity and grace . . . The discovery of Isadora’s sexuality through the lens of her sister’s experiences will resonate with queer teens. Those who have lost a family member or friend too young will undoubtedly see their own struggles with unanswerable questions reflected back at them in heartbreaking detail here—and they’ll want to keep the tissues close at hand.”
—Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
“The Weight of One Pomegranate is a beautiful reminder that remembrance itself can become an act of hope.”
—Worthy Magazine
“Introspective . . . Isadora’s distinctive voice, sprinkled with scientific facts, resonates throughout, laying bare the depths of uncertainty that can come with loss.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Has the urgent pacing of a mystery . . . An immersive, lyrical study of the place where love and grief intersect.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“A meditation on loss, familial relationships, and undiagnosed neurodivergence . . . those who devoured Nina LaCour’s We Are Okay (2017) will be right at home.”
—Booklist
“At less than 200 pages, this novel manages to deliver a profound emotional blow that will sit with readers long after they finish . . . Stylistically rich and poetic.”
—School Library Journal
Praise for Orpheus Girl
“Raya and Sarah’s story is a credit to Rebele-Henry’s own teen voice, mature beyond her years. The emotionally dramatic narrative . . . rings incredibly true.”
—NPR
“An unflinching look at exclusion, hate and resilience.”
—Ms. Magazine
“A modern epic that helps us think about the older epics, and what they have still to offer us.”
—Chicago Review of Books
Praise for Brynne Rebele-Henry
“Richly researched and exquisitely rendered.”
—Kaveh Akbar, author of the National Book Award Finalist Martyr
“I couldn’t get this one out of my mind. Brynne Rebele-Henry has such a singular, obsessive urgency to her voice.”
—Kim Addonizio, author of the National Book Award Finalist Tell Me
“With unflinching vision, Brynne Rebele-Henry pulls us into the trenches of young womanhood.”
—Julia Elliott, author of The Wilds
