DEAR EVAN HANSEN by Val Emmich, Steven Levenson, Benj Pasek, and Justin Paul is the novelization of the award-winning Broadway musical. It’s a story filled with classic young adult themes of belonging and isolation, of anxiety and acceptance, of guilt and truth. But the novel version seemed especially slow – in fairness, maybe that was my reluctance to discover any “spoilers” prior to the show’s opening in Chicago. I ordered a copy of the book and had it sitting on my desk where it sparked quite a bit of interest – students know and like the music as well as the story of a young outcast, Evan, who is mistakenly credited with being a good friend to a boy, Connor, who commits suicide and whose family struggles to understand.
DEAR EVAN HANSEN received a starred review from School Library Journal (grades 9 and up).
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