"Lea Taranto is a bright new spark on the YA scene."
—Susin Nielsen, author of No Fixed Address
"A brave, beautiful novel that will speak to teens everywhere who struggle with mental health challenges. Mira is a compelling character, privy to a darkness that adults don't always see but so many teens will immediately recognize. She's also creative, romantic, funny, and kind, the literary BFF you never knew you were waiting for. This book is a gem."
—Annabel Lyon, author of Consent
"A Drop in the Ocean is both heartbreaking in its raw, honest depictions of the protagonist Mira's struggles with her compulsions and inspiring in how the imperfect but beautiful relationships Mira forms, along with her own creativity, help her to grow through these struggles. Taranto doesn't shy away from the hard, ugly side of mental illness, but she holds her characters with tenderness and respect, too."
—Tanya Boteju, author of Kings, Queens, and In-Betweens and Bruised
"At the heart of this book is a vivid and bracing honesty about mental illness, our desire to be seen, and the constant struggle to navigate our own path. Through Mira we experience life's unexpected beauty and difficult truths—we see, we hear, we feel, and we root for her at every page turn. A mesmerizing debut."
—Nancy Lee, author of Dead Girls and The Age
"Mira's story is a coming-of-age journey told through a harrowing labyrinth of mental illness, institutionalization, and plain-old hormonal adolescence in a manner that reveals a heroine who is incredibly kind, loving, fantastically romantic, and unavoidably angsty, just like the novel's author, Lea Taranto. Able to draw deeply upon her own life experience, Taranto is a new voice to watch out for. I can't wait to see what she writes next."
—JJ Lee, author of The Measure of a Man: The Story of a Father, a Son, and a Suit
