You Are My Only

You Are My Only
By Beth Kephart
Egmont USA, 2011. 240 pgs. Young Adult

Haunting, heartbreaking, and lyrical, this book really should not be read by those who are pregnant, sick, or both. Emmy steps away briefly from her baby to grab a blanket; when she returns from the twenty-six steps she has taken, Baby is gone, with only a single yellow sock telling she had been there. Sophie is tired of running from the No Good that follows her and her mother. She also tires of the extreme rules that come from fleeing the No Good. So when she steps outside to say hello to the boy playing catch with his dog, Sophie breaks most of the rules and learns of a world filled with love and beauty when she becomes close to the boy and his two aunts. How Sophie and Emmy are related may not be a surprise to readers, but it is a lovely, descriptive journey to discovery.

MN