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Things to See in Arizona Kindle Edition

by Mary Vensel White (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 18 ratings
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Sometimes losing something can change the way you see everything.

From the author of The Qualities of Wood, Bellflower, and Starling comes Mary Vensel White's first novel for young adults, a journey of a lifetime where adventure meets self-discovery.

Tuesday Mayes has always felt like she was meant for more than the desert she's lived in her whole life. With the summer after high school graduation upon her, she is eager to start a new chapter despite a recent health diagnosis. But when her father goes missing, she must confront a reality she's not ready to face.

Enter Cristian Robles, childhood friend and long-time crush. When he offers to accompany her on a journey across Arizona to find her father—if they visit supernatural locations from his Weird Arizona guidebook along the way—Tuesday sees it as chance to finally have an adventure. As they embark on a road trip filled with discoveries and surprises, she begins to uncover the truth about family secrets and her special abilities. Along the way, she finds herself falling for Cristian and realizing that sometimes losing something can change the way you see everything.

With a mix of adventure, romance, and self-discovery, this is a story about growing up, facing fears, and discovering the strength within. On this journey of a lifetime, will Tuesday discover who she truly is and what she truly wants?

"Things to See in Arizona is a satisfying blend of travelogue, romance, mystery, and teen coming-of-age. Arizona, with its history of alien sightings and new age outlooks, and its landscape that seems wide open but conceals quite a lot, is an excellent backdrop for a story centered on redefinition. Tuesday and Cristian make an entertaining couple whom the reader can’t help but root for."—Indie Reader
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    July 28, 2023
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"When her father takes a suspicious two-week trip 'off the grid,' seventeen-year-old Tuesday Mayes sets off with a friend's dishy brother to track him down. THINGS TO SEE IN ARIZONA is a satisfying blend of travelogue, romance, mystery, and teen coming-of-age. Tuesday and Cristian make an entertaining couple whom the reader can't help but root for."—IndieReader

"A well-written and satisfying coming of age story that celebrates self-discovery at all points in one's life. Filled with heart and self-discovery, this is a positive addition to library collections for young people who are preparing for the next steps in their lives."—Reedsy Discovery

About the Author

Mary Vensel White is an English and writing professor, an editor, and the author of three novels for adults. Like her character Tuesday Mayes, she grew up in the desert and always wanted to live someplace green. She currently lives near the beach in southern California, where flowers bloom all year round. Things to See in Arizona is her first young adult book. Find her at www.maryvenselwhite.com. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0C3YBTH4W
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Type Eighteen Books (July 28, 2023)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 28, 2023
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 4688 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 227 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 18 ratings

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Mary Vensel White is the author of the novels Starling, Bellflower, and The Qualities of Wood, and the young adult novel, Things to See in Arizona. Her short fiction and essays have appeared in numerous publications. Born in Los Angeles, Mary has lived in northern California, Denver, and Chicago, and has been back in southern California for two decades.

Visit Mary at maryvenselwhite.com

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book!
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2024
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I enjoyed reading this cute YA novel. Very easy read!
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4.0 out of 5 stars A well-written and satisfying story that celebrates self-discovery at all points in one’s life.
Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2024
It is the summer after high school, and eighteen-year-old Tuesday is desperate to leave her Scottsdale home for a life of her own at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. But Tuesday’s mother is reluctant to allow her to venture so far from home, especially as a degenerative eye condition threatens to derail all of Tuesday's plans. And when Tuesday’s father leaves unexpectedly in an attempt to find himself, Tuesday feels the pressure of a ticking clock as the time to make a college decision draws ever closer. Luckily, Tuesday has a plan to find her father and bring him home before the deadline, and her journey turns into an adventure she will never forget.

This engaging, contemporary fiction novel expertly combines familiar feelings of adolescence with the unknowns that naturally arrive after high school graduation. Though Tuesday’s medical diagnosis is not common for young adults, her desire for independence, love, and acceptance is universal. Told in the first person from Tuesday’s perspective, this book unspools in a manner that connects readers of all ages with the feelings living inside Tuesday’s mind. She has been a loyal and trustworthy friend and daughter throughout her life, and the journey to find her father is her first real opportunity to embrace the things she wants for herself.

Mature content like underage drinking, drug use, mental illness, sex, and occasional strong language appear throughout the narrative, but the general focus of the story is on Tuesday’s transformation from the youth she was into the young adult she wishes to become. These stronger elements enhance the story and make it feel more real and believable within the context of a fictional plot. Readers familiar with Scottsdale will recognize many familiar landmarks and climate details mentioned throughout the story, which makes Tuesday’s experience even more tangible. The writing is good overall, and while there are some elements that are intriguing without being fully investigated, the novel is satisfying nonetheless. Filled with heart and self-discovery, this is a positive addition to library collections for young people who are preparing for the next steps in their lives.
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Carla F., CMT
5.0 out of 5 stars Sensitive and Beautiful Coming of Age Story
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2023
I really enjoyed this coming of age story about a girl finding her voice. We travel with her through Arizona’s beautiful and sometimes mysterious landscapes as she discovers more about herself and the people in her life. This is a YA novel that adults will also enjoy.
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Whiskey in the Jar
3.0 out of 5 stars More literary than YA
Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2023
Growing up also means feeling a little reckless and ready to be seen.

Tuesday has graduated highschool and wants to leave Scottsdale for Flagstaff to go to college, but even that is too far for her nervous mother. She only has ten days before the deadline to commit to Northern Arizona University but with her dad suddenly leaving a, somewhat, cryptic letter saying he needs a break and time to himself in Albuquerque, she finds herself with a whole new set of worries. Tuesday's trying to find not only her dad on this last second road trip but explore a possible relationship with her bestfriend's brother, understand her family more, but also find herself as she encounters adulthood.

I need to find out where he is and get him back home as soon as possible.

Things to See in Arizona is tagged a young adult story and with an eighteen year old character telling the story all from her point-of-view, I can see the argument for it but the tone read more contemporary adult looking back/nostalgia fiction, with some literary vibes. The writing style had a tendency to meander off into overly descriptive literary fiction with Tuesday adding flowy and colorful adjectives to such things as relatives clothing as she reminisced in flashbacks. I thought the main plot was going to be her looking for her father but the story was more about Tuesday being upset that her family, friends, and especially mother worried about and only thought of her in terms of a condition she was recently diagnosed with, Retinitis Pigmentosa. Tuesday thinks about how it isn't curable but might not even progress to blindness while also trying to work through how it feels like a looming guillotine above her.

“[...] As you get older, Tuesday; you'll find that much of life is wasted in the space where we don't say what we're feeling.”

A little romance arc gets thrown in when her bestfriend's brother ends up going on the road trip with her to look for her dad in Albuquerque. They end up going to locations off a Weird Places in Arizona and New Mexico map and another little small arc about how her grandmother saw auroras and how Tuesday has “sightings” where she can see flashes of how a person looked in their past and future, with some feelings of pain they might be having or had. It's small enough that I wouldn't give this a supernatural tag, which is how a lot of this story felt, a few small enough additions that never quite felt filled out enough and mashed together in kind of an unfitting collage. The dad storyline ended up feeling disappointing to me as he was found very easily and then we only spent about three pages with him. The story then veered to Tuesday's romance, bestfriend's romance with a band member, and them going to a concert.

Family dramas and history, growing up learning how to fit in your family, and beginning to find yourself, with a light romance arc, this felt more like literary adult fiction about a YA character and a handful of little additive threads that never quite flowed together right for me.

I received this book for free, this does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review
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