I Know It's Over

The first time Sasha lay spread across my bed I felt like the world had changed.

I Know It's Over Pure. Unplanned. Perfect. Those were Nick's summer plans before Sasha stepped into the picture. With the collateral damage from his parent's divorce still settling and Dani (his girl of the moment) up for nearly anything, complications are the last thing he needs.

All that changes, though, when Nick runs into Sasha at the beach in July. Suddenly he's neck-deep in a relationship and surprised to find he doesn't mind in the least. But Nick's world shifts again when Sasha breaks up with him. Then weeks later, while Nick's still reeling from the breakup, she turns up at his doorstep and tells him she's pregnant, and with his emotions and hopes crashing in around him, Nick finds himself struggling once more to understand the girl he can't stop caring for, the girl who insists that it's still over.

Beautifully written, richly layered, and intensely readable, first-time author C.K. Kelly Martin's I Know It's Over shows how high first love can take us, and how great its loss can be, in this passionate, powerful and heartbreakingly honest debut.

coming September 23, 2008...
from Random House Books for Young Readers

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“I'm not sure I've ever read a story as heartrendingly genuine as I Know It's Over. C.K. Kelly Martin captures flawlessly the passion, rhythm and confusion of a sixteen-year-old boy. Censors be damned; this novel should be read by every teen in North America, and every parent.”
— Catherine Gilbert Murdock

“This book is compelling and unswervingly honest. It takes on real, complex issues with a light, deft touch. The second half broke my heart a little every page or so.”
— Jaclyn Moriarty

“A powerful story, powerfully told. C.K. Kelly Martin has a laser eye for emotional detail.”
— Jordan Sonnenblick

“This is a trip not only into the heart and mind of a teenage boy devasted by an unplanned pregnancy, but also into the confounding collision between sexual impulse and sexual restraint. I shared Nick's confusion and sorrow to the end. I felt his sharp pain at having to accept harsh truths about sex, but I also felt the hope that comes when difficult experience leads to deeper understanding. A wrenching but utterly compelling read.”
— Kathleen Jeffrie Johnson

“It would be a real shame to dismiss I Know It's Over as just another book about teen pregnancy. C.K. Kelly Martin has crafted an exquisite tale of two teens falling in love for the first time, and what happens when that relationship implodes. One of the things that makes this book so special are the characters. Nick isn't the stereotypical jock boy, and Sasha isn't merely his bubble-headed girlfriend. There is no fairy tale romance here, either. Instead, you've got two realistically drawn teens who are messy, prickly, and imperfect - but somehow perfect for each other. As the two grow more and more intimate - first emotionally, then physically - you can't help but feel the rawness of what it means to open yourself up to another person for the very first time. The ending, while not exactly a happy one, rings true and, in a way, oddly hopeful. Nick and Sasha stayed with me long after I turned the last page, and that, to me, is a sign of a great read. This one will appeal to fans of Sarah Dessen and John Green.”
— Lara M. Zeises

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