Somebody Up There Hates You: A Novel - Softcover

“WISE, WICKED,  AND HILARIOUS.”*

Smart-mouthed and funny, sometimes raunchy, Richard Casey is in most ways a typical seventeen-year-old boy. Except Richie has cancer, and he’s spending his final days in a hospice unit. In this place where people go to die, Richie has plans to make the most of the life he has left. Sylvie, the only other teenager in hospice, has a few plans of her own for Richie. What begins as camaraderie quickly blossoms into real love, and this star-crossed pair is determined to live on their own terms, in whatever time remains.

“Richie, aka The Incredible Dying Boy, is obnoxious, charming, selfish, generous, and always funny. I’d follow him anywhere.” —*Bennett Madison, author of September Girls

“I read Somebody Up There Hates You in one great rush. This novel is funny, harrowing, and wildly profane. It had me crying with laughter on one page and then just plain crying on another.” —Will Schwalbe, author of The End of Your Life Book Club

“Even in hospice, a lot can happen in a short time . . . Being near death doesn’t mean abandoning hope for the life that remains.”  —Publishers Weekly, starred review

“A fresh, inspiring story.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review