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Author | Mary H.K. Choi |
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Audio read by |
Joy Osmanski
[1] Jacques Roy [1] |
Cover artist | ohgigue (illustration)
[2] Lizzy Bromley (design) [2] |
Language | English |
Genre | Young adult novel |
Set in | Austin, Texas, U.S. |
Publisher | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
Publication date | March 27, 2018 [3] |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
Pages | 400 [3] |
ISBN | 978-1-5344-0896-8 (hardcover) [3] |
[Fic] | |
LC Class | PZ7.1.C5316 Eme 2018 |
Emergency Contact is a 2018 young adult novel by Mary H.K. Choi. It is her debut novel and was published on March 27, 2018 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. [3] [4] [5] [6] Emergency Contact is a love story conducted primarily by text message, with Penny, a Korean-American freshman at the University of Texas at Austin, [7] giving Sam her number after she happens to be passing by as Sam has his first panic attack. [8]
Choi described the novel as partly inspired by Judy Blume's novel Forever..., because Blume had "said she just wanted to write a story about 'two people who have sex but then nothing terrible happens'...I love that," Choi told The New York Times. [9]
On October 4, 2017, an excerpt of the novel was published through Entertainment Weekly. [10] Emergency Contact was published in hardcover on March 27, 2018 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. [3] A paperback edition was published on April 9, 2019 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. [11]
The novel debuted at number nine on The New York Times Young Adult Hardcover best-sellers list on April 22, 2018. [12] It peaked at number eight on the list on May 6, 2018. [13] It spent four weeks on the list. [14]
Kirkus Reviews criticized the novel's character development as well as its "absence of emotional depth or well-crafted prose." [7]
Publishers Weekly praised Choi's "sharp wit and skillful character development." [15]
Writing for Entertainment Weekly, David Canfield wrote that the novel "vividly realizes Korean-American culture and explores microaggressions on a sharply recognizable level" and wrote that the young adult "frame doesn't push the more challenging material to the margins, but rather renders it naturalistically potent." [16]
![]() First edition cover | |
Author | Mary H.K. Choi |
---|---|
Audio read by |
Joy Osmanski
[1] Jacques Roy [1] |
Cover artist | ohgigue (illustration)
[2] Lizzy Bromley (design) [2] |
Language | English |
Genre | Young adult novel |
Set in | Austin, Texas, U.S. |
Publisher | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
Publication date | March 27, 2018 [3] |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardcover and paperback) |
Pages | 400 [3] |
ISBN | 978-1-5344-0896-8 (hardcover) [3] |
[Fic] | |
LC Class | PZ7.1.C5316 Eme 2018 |
Emergency Contact is a 2018 young adult novel by Mary H.K. Choi. It is her debut novel and was published on March 27, 2018 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. [3] [4] [5] [6] Emergency Contact is a love story conducted primarily by text message, with Penny, a Korean-American freshman at the University of Texas at Austin, [7] giving Sam her number after she happens to be passing by as Sam has his first panic attack. [8]
Choi described the novel as partly inspired by Judy Blume's novel Forever..., because Blume had "said she just wanted to write a story about 'two people who have sex but then nothing terrible happens'...I love that," Choi told The New York Times. [9]
On October 4, 2017, an excerpt of the novel was published through Entertainment Weekly. [10] Emergency Contact was published in hardcover on March 27, 2018 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. [3] A paperback edition was published on April 9, 2019 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. [11]
The novel debuted at number nine on The New York Times Young Adult Hardcover best-sellers list on April 22, 2018. [12] It peaked at number eight on the list on May 6, 2018. [13] It spent four weeks on the list. [14]
Kirkus Reviews criticized the novel's character development as well as its "absence of emotional depth or well-crafted prose." [7]
Publishers Weekly praised Choi's "sharp wit and skillful character development." [15]
Writing for Entertainment Weekly, David Canfield wrote that the novel "vividly realizes Korean-American culture and explores microaggressions on a sharply recognizable level" and wrote that the young adult "frame doesn't push the more challenging material to the margins, but rather renders it naturalistically potent." [16]