Carrie Arcos

Out of Reach

Simon Pulse/Simon & Schuster

Carrie Arcos’s debut novel, which has been nominated for a National Book Award and a California Book Award, asks the question: how do you find someone who doesn’t want to be found? Rachel has always idolized her older brother Micah. He struggles with addiction, but she tells herself that he’s in control. And she almost believes it. Until the night that Micah doesn’t come home. With nothing more to go on than hope and a slim lead, she and her best friend Tyler begin the search. Along the way, Rachel will be forced to confront her own dark secrets, her growing attraction to Tyler…and the possibility that Micah may never come home.