Since You've Been Gone

Morgan Matson

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• eBook ISBN:
  9781442435025
• Year: 2014

New York Times bestselling author Morgan Matson’s blockbuster novel about a shy teen having the most unexpected summer ever!

The Pre-Sloane Emily didn’t go to parties, she barely talked to guys, she didn’t do anything crazy. Enter Sloane, social tornado and the best kind of best friend—the one who yanks you out of your shell.

But right before what should have been an epic summer, Sloane just…disappears. No note. No calls. No texts. No Sloane. There’s just a random to-do list. On it, thirteen Sloane-selected-definitely-bizarre-tasks that Emily would never try…unless they could lead back to her best friend.

Apple Picking at Night? Ok, easy enough.

Dance Until Dawn? Sure. Why not?

Kiss a Stranger? Wait…what?

Getting through Sloane’s list would mean a lot of firsts. But Emily has this whole unexpected summer ahead of her, and the help of Frank Porter (totally unexpected) to check things off. Who knows what she’ll find?

Go Skinny Dipping? Um…

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Epigraph
• Chapter 1: The List
• Chapter 2: Apple Pickingat Night
• Chapter 3: 55 S. Ave. Ask for Mona
• Chapter 4: Hug a Jamie
• Chapter 5: Share Some Secrets in the Dark
• Chapter 6: Kiss a Stranger
• Chapter 7: Sleep Under the Stars
• Chapter 8: Penelope
• Chapter 9: Break Something
• Chapter 10: Ride a Dern Horse, Ya Cowpoke
• Chapter 11: Dance Until Dawn
• Chapter 12: Go Skinny-Dipping
• Chapter 13: The Backless Dress. And Somewhere to Wear It
• Chapter 14: Steal Something
• Chapter 15
• Chapter 16: Take a Road Trip
• Chapter 17: Find What’s Lost
• Chapter 18: Take a Chance
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• Copyright