The Only Girl in Town is a young adult contemporary novel about a high school senior who finds herself alone after every single person in her town disappears.
July Fielding has become isolated after the summer before her senior year ended in a series of personal setbacks. She stopped speaking to everyone and despite being a team captain she quit running on the cross country team too. She’s now in therapy and struggling with feelings of guilt, grief and depression. When the entire town disappears with no indication of what happened July has to follow a series of clues connected to that summer to find out the truth.
There is an urgency in The Last Girl in Town that makes it hard to put down. As the reader I only had July’s flashbacks and her therapy sessions as background on what happened the previous summer which lead to so many theories all the way up until the end. But despite the unique storytelling The Last Girl in Town is at its heart a novel about growing up, relationships and letting people go.
I’m still left with so many questions (I might need to schedule a re-read) but I highly recommend The Last Girl in Town to young adult readers that enjoy stories with elements of magical realism, coming of age and struggles with mental health.
July Fielding has become isolated after the summer before her senior year ended in a series of personal setbacks. She stopped speaking to everyone and despite being a team captain she quit running on the cross country team too. She’s now in therapy and struggling with feelings of guilt, grief and depression. When the entire town disappears with no indication of what happened July has to follow a series of clues connected to that summer to find out the truth.
There is an urgency in The Last Girl in Town that makes it hard to put down. As the reader I only had July’s flashbacks and her therapy sessions as background on what happened the previous summer which lead to so many theories all the way up until the end. But despite the unique storytelling The Last Girl in Town is at its heart a novel about growing up, relationships and letting people go.
I’m still left with so many questions (I might need to schedule a re-read) but I highly recommend The Last Girl in Town to young adult readers that enjoy stories with elements of magical realism, coming of age and struggles with mental health.