Because You'll Never Meet Me
Author: Leah Thomas
Publication Date: July 2nd 2015
Publisher: Bloomsbury Childrens
~A copy was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review~
In a stunning literary debut, two boys on opposite ends of the world begin an unlikely friendship that will change their lives forever.
Ollie and Moritz are best friends, but they can never meet. Ollie is allergic to electricity. Contact with it causes debilitating seizures. Moritz’s weak heart is kept pumping by an electronic pacemaker. If they ever did meet, Ollie would seize. But Moritz would die without his pacemaker. Both hermits from society, the boys develop a fierce bond through letters that become a lifeline during dark times—as Ollie loses his only friend, Liz, to the normalcy of high school and Moritz deals with a bully set on destroying him.
A story of impossible friendship and hope under strange circumstances, this debut is powerful, dark and humorous in equal measure. These extraordinary voices bring readers into the hearts and minds of two special boys who, like many teens, are just waiting for their moment to shine.
The thing is, I couldn't put Because You'll Never Meet Me
down, even though I wanted to at times, it's nostalgic for me because it brings me
back to when I was twelve (or 13, can't exactly remember) and started writing
to my pen pal, although I wouldn't call her a pen pal now, because she's become
such a great friend (hey, Britt!) and it's true, you really can say anything
that you might not tell someone you know, without worry or judgement, because
you've never met them.
