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Just Do This One Thing for Me

By Laura Zimmermann

By Laura Zimmermann

By Laura Zimmermann

By Laura Zimmermann

By Laura Zimmermann

By Laura Zimmermann

By Laura Zimmermann
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By Laura Zimmermann
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Jul 02, 2024 | ISBN 9780593530344 | Young Adult

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Aug 22, 2023 | ISBN 9780593530337 | Young Adult

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Aug 22, 2023 | ISBN 9780593530351 | Young Adult

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Aug 22, 2023 | 518 Minutes | Young Adult

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    About Just Do This One Thing for Me

    Hilarious, heartbreaking, and sneaky suspenseful, Just Do This One Thing for Me is a timely novel about a rule-following daughter trying to hold her family together after her scammer mother disappears.

    “Just do this one thing for me.” Drew’s mother says it more often than good morning. Heidi Hill has been juggling shady side hustles for all of Drew’s seventeen years, and Drew knows that “one thing” really means all the necessary things her mother thinks are boring, including taking care of her fifteen-year-old sister and eight-year-old brother. In fact, Drew is the closest thing to a responsible adult they’ve ever known. When their mother disappears on the way to a New Year’s Eve concert in Mexico and her schemes start unraveling, Drew is faced with a choice: Follow the rules, do the responsible thing, and walk away–alone–from her mother’s mess. Or hope the weather stays cold, keep the cons going, and just maybe hold her family together.

    About Just Do This One Thing for Me

    Hilarious, heartbreaking, and sneaky suspenseful, Just Do This One Thing for Me is a timely novel about a rule-following daughter trying to hold her family together after her scammer mother disappears.

    “Just do this one thing for me.” Drew’s mother says it more often than good morning. Heidi Hill has been juggling shady side hustles for all of Drew’s seventeen years, and Drew knows that “one thing” really means all the necessary things her mother thinks are boring, including taking care of her fifteen-year-old sister and eight-year-old brother. In fact, Drew is the closest thing to a responsible adult they’ve ever known. When their mother disappears on the way to a New Year’s Eve concert in Mexico and her schemes start unraveling, Drew is faced with a choice: Follow the rules, do the responsible thing, and walk away–alone–from her mother’s mess. Or hope the weather stays cold, keep the cons going, and just maybe hold her family together.

    About Just Do This One Thing for Me

    Hilarious, heartbreaking, and sneaky suspenseful, Just Do This One Thing for Me is a timely novel about a rule-following daughter trying to hold her family together after her scammer mother disappears.

    “Just do this one thing for me.” Drew’s mother says it more often than good morning. Heidi Hill has been juggling shady side hustles for all of Drew’s seventeen years, and Drew knows that “one thing” really means all the necessary things her mother thinks are boring, including taking care of her fifteen-year-old sister and eight-year-old brother. In fact, Drew is the closest thing to a responsible adult they’ve ever known. When their mother disappears on the way to a New Year’s Eve concert in Mexico and her schemes start unraveling, Drew is faced with a choice: Follow the rules, do the responsible thing, and walk away–alone–from her mother’s mess. Or hope the weather stays cold, keep the cons going, and just maybe hold her family together.

    About Just Do This One Thing for Me

    Hilarious, heartbreaking, and sneaky suspenseful, Just Do This One Thing for Me is a timely novel about a rule-following daughter trying to hold her family together after her scammer mother disappears.

    “Just do this one thing for me.” Drew’s mother says it more often than good morning. Heidi Hill has been juggling shady side hustles for all of Drew’s seventeen years, and Drew knows that “one thing” really means all the necessary things her mother thinks are boring, including taking care of her fifteen-year-old sister and eight-year-old brother. In fact, Drew is the closest thing to a responsible adult they’ve ever known. When their mother disappears on the way to a New Year’s Eve concert in Mexico and her schemes start unraveling, Drew is faced with a choice: Follow the rules, do the responsible thing, and walk away–alone–from her mother’s mess. Or hope the weather stays cold, keep the cons going, and just maybe hold her family together.

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    About Laura Zimmermann

    Laura Zimmermann is an award-winning author and storyteller. Her debut novel, My Eyes Are Up Here, won the Minnesota Book Award and has been published in six countries. She lives in Minneapolis with her family.

    About Laura Zimmermann

    Laura Zimmermann is an award-winning author and storyteller. Her debut novel, My Eyes Are Up Here, won the Minnesota Book Award and has been published in six countries. She lives in Minneapolis with her family.

    About Laura Zimmermann

    Laura Zimmermann is an award-winning author and storyteller. Her debut novel, My Eyes Are Up Here, won the Minnesota Book Award and has been published in six countries. She lives in Minneapolis with her family.

    About Laura Zimmermann

    Laura Zimmermann is an award-winning author and storyteller. Her debut novel, My Eyes Are Up Here, won the Minnesota Book Award and has been published in six countries. She lives in Minneapolis with her family.

    Product Details

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Mystery & Thriller

    Paperback | $12.99
    Published by Dutton Books for Young Readers
    Jul 02, 2024 | 320 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780593530344

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Mystery & Thriller

    Hardcover | $19.99
    Published by Dutton Books for Young Readers
    Aug 22, 2023 | 320 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780593530337

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Mystery & Thriller

    Ebook | $8.99
    Published by Dutton Books for Young Readers
    Aug 22, 2023 | 320 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Young Adult | ISBN 9780593530351

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Mystery & Thriller | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $25.00
    Published by Listening Library
    Aug 22, 2023 | 518 Minutes | Young Adult | ISBN 9780593681558

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    Praise

    “[A] propulsive, heartbreaking account of having to grow up too soon.”—People Magazine

    “One of the most humorous, touching novels published this year.”—St. Paul Pioneer Press

    “A wild ride.” —Minnesota Public Radio

    “A witty, off-beat, and strangely charming look at just how far an eldest child will go to keep their younger siblings together. —School Library Journal

    “Drew’s bitingly funny, smart, and deceptively vulnerable voice drives this contemporary fiction offering  that delivers madcap comedy, a bit of a mystery, and an engaging family drama…. An often hilarious yet also poignant tale of sibling loyalty.” —Kirkus Reviews

    “    Zimmerman delivers a suspenseful novel about three siblings struggling to stay afloat after their mother’s death. The siblings’ enduring relationship provides a strong through line, while cinematic prose and Drew’s wry first-person voice convey both gruesome and darkly humorous descriptions of the trio’s efforts to stay together.” —Publishers Weekly

    An SLJ Best Book of the Year
    An Edgar Allan Poe Award Nominee
    A Finalist for the Minnesota Book Award

    Awards

    Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Young Adult Novel NOMINEE 2024

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