In Thao’s uneven debut, white high school senior and aspiring writer Julie Clarke must find a way to navigate her future after the death of her Japanese American boyfriend, Sam Obayashi, a big ...

The heartbreak starts in Chapter One: Sam Obayashi is dead, his young life cut short by a tragic automobile accident. His girlfriend — 17-year-old Julie — is having an incredibly hard time ...

Teens who have lost loved ones and who might relate to Julie and Sam on a more personal level would be advised to approach You've Reached Sam with caution.

'œYou've Reached Sam'ť by Dustin Thao (Wednesday Books) Julie is a senior. She wants to go to Reed College and write for a living. She dreams of leaving her small Washington town of Ellensburg ...

A spinoff to Dustin Thao’s New York Times bestselling YA book “You’ve Reached Sam” has been set up at Penguin ‘s Dutton Children’s Books imprint in a seven-figure deal following a ...

A spinoff to Dustin Thao’s New York Times bestselling YA book “You’ve Reached Sam” has been set up at Penguin’s Dutton Children’s Books imprint in a seven-figure deal following a ...

“You’ve Reached Sam” by Dustin Thao (Wednesday Books)Julie is a senior. She wants to go to Reed College and write for a living. She dreams of leaving her small Washington town of … ...

“You’ve Reached Sam″ is Thao’s debut novel, and it shows in its rawness. Thao seems genuinely unconcerned about careful word choice and crafty poetics, often switching tenses at odd times.