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If I Fix You Kindle Edition

by Abigail Johnson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 403 ratings
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A young girl struggles to face an uncomfortable truth about her mother in this romantic contemporary YA novel for fans of Cammie McGovern & Morgan Matson.

When sixteen-year-old Jill Whitaker’s mom walks out—with a sticky note as a goodbye—only Jill knows the real reason she’s gone. But how can she tell her father? Jill can hardly believe the truth herself.

Suddenly, the girl who likes to fix things—cars, relationships, romances, people—is all broken up. It used to be, her best friend, tall, blond and hot flirt Sean Addison, could make her smile in seconds. But not anymore. They don’t even talk.

With nothing making sense, Jill tries to pick up the pieces of her life. When a new guy moves in next door, intense, seriously cute, but with scars—on the inside and out—that he thinks don’t show, Jill finds herself trying to make things better for Daniel. But over one long, hot Arizona summer, she realizes she can’t fix anyone’s life until she fixes her own. And she knows just where to start . . .

“A nuanced take on learning to fix yourself rather than fixing others.” —Kirkus Reviews

“A heartrending story about life not being what you hoped for . . . and being okay anyway.” —#1 New York Times–bestselling author Aprilynne Pike

“Broken boys and broken cars and broken hearts. I loved this combination of things that need fixing. Heartfelt and romantic! Read it!” —Kasie West, author of The Fill-In Boyfriend

“Adroit and strong-minded, If I Fix You is a wholehearted page-turner.” —Huntley Fitzpatrick, author of The Boy Most Likely To

“I know readers are going to LOVE this book as much as I did. A feisty and strong heroine to root for, and a love interest who is dreamy and complicated in all the right ways. What a fabulous debut by a great new writer to watch!” —Cammie McGovern, author of A Step Toward Falling
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  1. Reading age
    12 - 18 years
  2. Print length
    287 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Grade level
    7 - 12
  5. Publisher
    Harlequin Teen
  6. Publication date
    October 25, 2016
  7. Page Flip
    Enabled
  8. Word Wise
    Not Enabled
  9. Enhanced typesetting
    Enabled
  10. Sticky notes
    On Kindle Scribe
  11. ISBN-10
    9780373212408
  12. ISBN-13
    978-0373212408
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"Broken boys and broken cars and broken hearts. I loved this combination of things that need fixing. Heartfelt and romantic! Read it!" -Kasie West, author of The Fill-In Boyfriend

"Adroit and strong-minded, If I Fix You is a wholehearted page-turner." -Huntley Fitzpatrick, author of The Boy Most Likely To

"I know readers are going to LOVE this book as much as I did. A feisty and strong heroine to root for, and a love interest who is dreamy and complicated in all the right ways. What a fabulous debut by a great new writer to watch!" -Cammie McGovern, author of A Step Toward Falling

"If I Fix You is a heartrending story about life not being what you hoped for...and being okay anyway." -#1 New York Times bestselling author Aprilynne Pike

About the Author

Abigail Johnson was born in Pennsylvania. When she was twelve, her family traded in snowstorms for year-round summers and moved to Arizona. Abigail chronicled the entire cross-country road trip in a purple spiral-bound notebook that she still has, and has been writing ever since. She became a tetraplegic after breaking her neck in a car accident when she was seventeen, but hasn't let that stop her from bodysurfing in Mexico, writing and directing a high-school production of Cinderella, and publishing her first novel.



Sarah Naughton is an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator and New York City-based actress, singer, comedienne, and voice-over artist. Hailing from upstate New York, she began her work in the audiobook industry in high school, recording a few young adult titles with the Syracuse-based company Full Cast Audio.

Product details

  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01F1RV7JY
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harlequin Teen; Original edition (October 25, 2016)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 25, 2016
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1878 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 287 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 403 ratings

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Abigail Johnson was born in Pennsylvania. When she was twelve, her family traded in snowstorms for year-round summers and moved to Arizona. Abigail chronicled the entire cross-country road trip in a purple spiral-bound notebook that she still has, and has been writing ever since. She became a tetraplegic after breaking her neck in a car accident when she was seventeen, but hasn’t let that stop her from bodysurfing in Mexico, writing and directing a high-school production of Cinderella, and riding roller coasters every chance she gets. She is the author of several young adult novels including If I Fix You and Every Other Weekend. Visit Abigail online at abigailjohnsonbooks.com and follow her on Twitter @abigailswriting and Instagram @abigailjohnsonya.

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Autumn F.
5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning debut novel - a must read!
Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2016
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This debut novel by Abigail Johnson had me hooked from beginning to end. A fan of YA, I get so tired of the typical angsty love triangles so often found in the genre. While it definitely has its share of romance (think mysteriously broken boy next door and hunky, imperfect, almost-boyfriend she grew up with), Jill's story is so much more. It's also a wonderful tale of a sweet father/daughter relationship - a mutually selfless bond so much bigger than circumstance. Walk with Jill through the most challenging trial of her life and discover with her how hard it is to fix those around you when you're broken yourself. Author Abigail Johnson's humor, suspense, style, and flow will have you completely wrapped up in her characters' world and might have even caused this muscle car novice to Google images of the Triumph Spitfire.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Well-written, well worth reading.
Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2019
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Jill is a sixteen-year-old who knows how to fix cars. She can change oil and tires, do a break job and body work, and she loves resurrecting old classic cars, a passion she shares with her mechanic father.

But when her life collapses, she has no idea how to fix it. She witnesses something that costs her both her mother and Sean, the boy she loves. Her best friend, Claire, tries to smooth things over between them by enlisting them to get up early every morning during summer vacation and run with her. Jill only agrees to support her diabetic friend’s fitness efforts; she can’t even bear to look at Sean.

On hot, lonely summer nights, Jill goes out on her roof to watch the stars. One night she sees a brutal scene happening in the house next door. In an effort to stop it, she tries to throw a can of pop against the house—and instead breaks a window. That’s when she meets Daniel, her new 21-year-old neighbor who has a much worse problem with his mother than Jill has with hers. Daniel is so broken Jill wishes she could fix him, too.

Jill is very inexperienced in dating, yet she has incredible maturity in dealing with Sean and Daniel. She has a strong understanding of what’s right and wrong. Too bad her mother doesn’t have the same ethical standards.

Jill’s mother abandoned the family, and then gets in touch with them again many months later, wanting to take Jill from her father. Then her mother tells her something that must be a lie—but could it be true?

The book takes many twists and turns and things keep getting worse for Jill and for Daniel. Surprisingly, Jill seems to escape major consequences from some of the messes she gets into: backing into Daniel’s mother’s car; indirectly causing a fistfight between Sean and Daniel; ruining the engine of a car she and her dad were fixing up (a present for her); it just seems that she gets off easy without having to deal with insurance companies or giving explanations to her father.

Nevertheless, the writing is well-done; Jill, Sean, Daniel, and Dad are extremely likeable, though they all have serious issues that keep them from being too nice; the two main mothers are decidedly unlikable, though Daniel’s mother has reasons for being the way she is. If I Fix You is definitely worth reading and hard to put down.
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Cheryl
5.0 out of 5 stars Awe-Inspiring Story
Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2017
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Really creative, well-written story taking place in the beautiful Mesa, Arizona. Being an Arizona native I loved the incredibly accurate descriptions of my hometown and what it's like growing up in the valley of the sun. I loved Abigail's writing style and Jill's character development. She expressed Jill's thoughts in such a fluid and clear way that it was hard not to feel what she felt. I also loved that it felt very real, and not cheesy by any means. So many young adult novels are almost too cheesy to enjoy, but not in the case of 'If I Fix You'. The romance was a very fascinating and complex aspect of the story but I loved that it wasn't the only focus. Lots of real, down-to-earth problems talked about in this book. I look forward to many more phenomenal books from Abigail Johnson!
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Lucia
3.0 out of 5 stars Meh
Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2016
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It is cute but that's just about it. You can read it on one sitting easily. The story lacks creativity and is pretty much predictable. Not bad, not awesome
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5.0 out of 5 stars I loved "If I Fix You"
Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2016
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I loved "If I Fix You". I think the author did a wonderful job creating nice round characters that you really get a chance to know more and more with each turn of the page. The main conflict of the story is something that all people, man or woman, old or young, can appreciate as they read the story and see it resolved and brought to a highly satisfying conclusion. Whether you are a young adult or not this book is a great read, and I highly recommend it.
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Lynne
4.0 out of 5 stars If I fix yoy
Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2017
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If I fix you was a very enjoyable read that I quickly devoured in a couple of hours it had twists and turns, ups and downs with an interesting and likeable (though not completely original) main character with many equally enjoyable characters interacting with her throughout the book. The one character I feel wasn't deeply explored enough was Daniel, from the glimpse into his past we know that he is an incredibly complicated person with an equally complicated past though his past is explored and explained I feel that it wasn't with the depth this intriguing character deserved as well as the fact that the title proves false in this character's case as he isn't fixed in any way his problems and his future aren't properly addressed as he simply drives of promising to call in a few years time. Another character I had issues with was Sean his character was well developed as the author reviled the past events and constantly shone him in negative light, he was the secondary bad guy which had me confused and unsatisfied when suddenly we are expected to completely shift our view of him to that of positivity as he wins the character over with a story that holds no substance to the reader as his good side was never reviled before then apart from this I thoroughly enjoyed this book and recommend it to anyone looking for a quick interesting read but these minor character issues in my mind gave this book 4 stars
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Amazon Customer
4.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful exploration of grief, identity and relationship
Reviewed in Australia on July 16, 2017
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If I Fix You is a slow moving, beautiful exploration of grief, identity and relationship. Throughout the full arc of the novel, the pace and tone is perfectly matched to the heroine's (our narrator's) emotional space. At the start of the novel, Jill's feeling of stuck-ness is tangible. Her parents have split up - her mother walking out on them after Jill walked in on her in a... compromising position. Since then, Jill and her father have existed, neither sure how to adjust to suddenly being a family of two instead of three, and Jill is tangled in secrets, in sadness, in hopelessness. And yet despite the slow, sluggish heaviness weighing her down, Jill has a core of resilience. She has passions, interests, people that she loves - she adores her father, loves working as his assistant at his auto shop, loves her well-meaning best friend Claire, and desperately wants things to be normal with former best friend Sean. But she's haunted by what she saw that night, and the girl who loves to fix things doesn't know where to start fixing this.
And then a new neighbour moves in next door, with his own secrets and problems, and Jill realises that while she doesn't know how to sort out her own life, she might just be able to help Daniel with his.

Highly recommend, especially if you enjoy contemporaries.
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