Because You'll Never Meet Me

A William C.

Morris YA Debut Award finalist A Carnegie Award nominee Ollie and Moritz are best friends but they can never meet.

Ollie has a life-threatening allergy to electricity and Moritz's weak heart requires a pacemaker.

If they ever did meet, they could both die.

Living as recluses from society the boys develop a fierce bond through letters that become a lifeline during dark times--as Ollie loses his only friend Liz to the normalcy of high school and Moritz deals with a bully set on destroying him.

But when Moritz reveals the key to their shared sinister past that began years ago in a mysterious German laboratory, their friendship faces a test neither one of them expected.

Narrated in letter form by Ollie and Moritz--two extraordinary new voices--this story of impossible friendship and hope under strange circumstances blends elements of science fiction with coming of age themes, in a humorous dark and ultimately inspiring tale is completely unforgettable.