The Darkness Outside Us by Schrefer, Eliot

They Both Die at the End meets Gravity in this mind-bending sci-fi mystery and tender love story about two boys aboard a spaceship sent on a rescue mission, from two-time National Book Award finalist Eliot Schrefer. Stonewall Honor Award winner!

Two boys, alone in space. Sworn enemies sent on the same rescue mission.

Ambrose wakes up on the Coordinated Endeavor with no memory of a launch. There's more that doesn't add up: evidence indicates strangers have been on board, the ship's operating system is voiced by his mother, and his handsome, brooding shipmate has barricaded himself away. But nothing will stop Ambrose from making his mission succeed--not when he's rescuing his own sister.

In order to survive the ship's secrets, Ambrose and Kodiak will need to work together and learn to trust each other . . . especially once they discover what they are truly up against. Love might be the only way to survive.

* Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best Books of the Year * A Booklist Editor's Choice of the Year * A BCCB Blue Ribbon Book of the Year * A YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults & Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Book of the Year *

Author: Eliot Schrefer
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Published: 06/01/2021
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.90w x 1.60d
ISBN: 9780062888280
Age Range: 13-UP

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.4
Point Value: 13
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 516252 / Darkness Outside Us

Award: Stonewall Book Award - Honor Book

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 04/15/2021
Booklist 05/01/2021 pg. 45
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 05/01/2021
School Library Journal 05/01/2021 pg. 88
Publishers Weekly 05/10/2021