New York Times Bestseller. Read With Jenna Book Club Pick As Featured On Today, ""Make sure you have tissues handy when you read [this] sure-footed tearjerker"" (Npr) about a young boy who must learn to go on after surviving tragedy Soon to be an Apple Tv+ series starring Connie Britton, written and executive produced by Jason Katims (Friday Night Lights and Parenthood) One Of The Best Books Of The Year: The Washington Post, Parade, Library Reads What does it mean not just to survive, but to truly live? One summer morning, twelve-year-old Edward Adler, his beloved older brother, his parents, and 183 other passengers board a flight in Newark headed for Los Angeles. Among them are a Wall Street wunderkind, a young woman coming to terms with an unexpected pregnancy, an injured veteran returning from Afghanistan, a business tycoon, and a free-spirited woman running away from her controlling husband. Halfway across the country, the plane crashes. Edward is the sole survivor. Edward's story captures the attention of the nation, but he struggles to find a place in a world without his family. He continues to feel that a part of himself has been left in the sky, forever tied to the plane and all of his fellow passengers.