Item: The Loneliest Girl in the Universe
Rating: 5.00
Author: shannonmiz

by Lauren James

Nominated for the 2019 Carnegie medal

One of Barnes & Noble’s Top 15 YA Books

Shortlisted for the STEAM Children’s Book Prize

Can you fall in love with someone you've never met, never even spoken to – someone who is light years away? Romy Silvers is the only surviving crew-member of a spaceship travelling to a new planet, on a mission to establish a second home for humanity. Alone in space, she is the loneliest girl in the universe until she hears about a new ship which has launched from Earth – with a single passenger on board. A boy called J. Their only communication is via email – and due to the distance between them, their messages take months to transmit. And yet Romy finds herself falling in love, but what does she really know about J?

Hi, book community. Quick question: Why are we sleeping on this book? Because guess what, it’s awesome. I mean, it didn’t quite break me out of my no-favorites slump, but it came the closest that anything has in awhile. I’ve read a lot of reviews that describe it as “unexpected”, and I agree wholly. It’s different than I assumed, but in a good way! U.S. people, it comes out here in July or some such nonsense, but you can always buy it from Book Depository like I did. Plus the cover is shiny.

The Loneliest Girl in the Universe

by Lauren James

Reviewed by shannonmiz on Oct 23, 2017

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