Praise for Christina June and No Place Like Here

“No Place Like Here is a rich, engaging story about family ties, living with expectations, and a girl finding her voice when it matters the most. Ashlyn’s transformation from pampered boarding school student to self-reliant, courageous young woman is aspirational!”

—ROBIN CONSTANTINE, author of The Promise of Amazing, The Secrets of Attraction, and The Season of You and Me

“Charming, empowering, and full of heart, No Place Like Here is somewhere you will definitely want to go.”

—KIM CULBERTSON, author of Catch a Falling Star and The Wonder of Us

“A rich and warm coming of age story about family, forgiveness, finding yourself, and finding your voice.”

—KELLY DEVOS, author of Fat Girl on a Plane

“Christina June has a marvelous way of writing stories that grab your heart and refuse to let go. Once you start reading Ashlyn’s story, you won’t be able to stop.”

—BRIGID KEMMERER, author of Letters to the Lost

“Heartfelt and immensely readable, No Place Like Here is a beautifully nuanced story about friendship, family, and finding your voice.”

—JESSICA PENNINGTON, author of Love Songs & Other Lies and When Summer Ends

“A contemporary spin on the classic Hansel and Gretel, Christina June’s No Place Like Here is the story of a girl struggling to find her footing amidst unthinkable family hardship. Main character Ashlyn sparkles, the retreat center setting is fresh and fun, and June’s prose is, as always, lovely and affecting. A delightful story that’s sure to charm fans of young adult literature.”

—KATY UPPERMAN, author of The Impossibility of Us and Kissing Max Holden

“No Place Like Here is a Hansel and Gretel retelling that focuses on an important but often-neglected relationship in young adult novels—the one between a teenage girl and her father. Christina June tackles in a direct way the common struggle that many YA readers can sympathize with: the realization that your parents are not always right, and how do you forge your own path that’s right for you? Ashlyn is a brave and relatable character. Through the course of the novel, she slowly comes out of the shell of who she thinks she should be to become who she knows she can be. It is a hard-won personal journey, and by the end of the book readers will be cheering Ashlyn on as she makes decisions from this newly cultivated place inside her. The retreat camp setting is fitting both for the modern-day fairy tale theme and for the romantic ideology of Thoreau, in which one goes to the woods to find herself. Fans of June’s other books will enjoy references to characters they have already come to know and love from It Started with Goodbye and Everywhere You Want to Be, and new fans will welcome the chance to take a break from their lives and retreat into the woods.”

—FLO @ BOOK NERDS ACROSS AMERICA