Reviewed by Dianna Geers for TeensReadToo.com

Laura and Miles grew up together. They were cousins who lived so close that Miles could sneak out of her room on scary, stormy nights and escape to the safety of Laura's bed. They spent hours in their tree house and hiding out in their favorite bookstore. As little girls became adolescents, though, being related and living near each other didn't guarantee closeness.

Miles liked to eat and drink. And smoke. Her body put on weight, her poorly-dyed hair never behaved, and she escaped the world by reading. Her grades sucked. She didn't care.

Laura was a beautiful, social butterfly. She was pleasant. Got good grades. Had the perfect boyfriend. The adoring father. So why is she the one who killed herself?

And Miles wonders why Laura got everything. Everything. She even got to escape the world. She got what Miles wanted. Miles planned on joining her. Who would even care if Miles died, anyway?

With that frame of mind, Miles takes several downward turns which continue to lead her in the direction her life had been heading for a long time. Laura even left Miles a secret stash of drugs to help her cope. For a while, Miles chooses to live life in a state of numbness. The worst thing to her was when the fog faded and she had to face life without her cousin.

As you read YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME, you find touching characters. You care for them--not just Miles--but her father, Laura's father, even Laura herself. Miles falls to such a low that everyone worries about her chances of survival. But somehow in this cocoon of a druggy fog, there's a spirit of a person. A person who is stronger than many people realized. People are not always what they seem. Sometimes they are stronger. Sometimes weaker.

Rachel Cohn has written a touching novel that covers so many issues. And it leaves you thinking. Wondering. Hoping. ( )

I don’t think I’d ever recommend it. Very disappointing. I don’t understand how one girl can feel all these terrible things and do this to herself. It was extremely depressing. Yuck. Basically – it’s not what I would have expected from the author. AHS/EK

Brings reality form the pages with evoking images. You can relate to it. How they were “sisters” yet exact opposite of each other [was compelling]. I kept hoping Miles would lose some weight. A comeback story. Great book, more for girls, also only for those that like the extreme (drugs). AHS/LM

This book portrays what everyone feels at some point in their life – the good, the bad, and especially the ugly. The author takes an interesting view of drugs, alcohol, and then suicide. It’s touching. I had low expectations, an din the end, I felt like a better person for reading it. AHS/JN

A dramatic tale of grief, depression & drug abuse showing that things aren't always as they seem. Good reading for those people who love looking at the dark side of others. The cover seems wrong for this book! ( )

Merideth says: Miles and Laura, cousins who were raised like sisters, grew apart as they grew up. Laura, the only child of a prominent gay activist, was golden and perfect, a fairy tale princess. Introverted Miles, was the fat poor relation, who lived in the carriage house. Inseprable as girls, the two teens only came together to share drugs in their childhood tree house.

When Laura committs suicide just after her high school graduation, Miles goes into a tailspin. Further complicating matters is the reappearance of Miles estranged father, and Miles' realization that she wants her relationship with her best friend, the handsome and popular Jamal, to move beyond friendship.

This is a good book, but, it's frustrating, because I feel like there is the kernel of a great book here. Miles is complicated and infuriating; also, it's refreshing that Cohn chose to write about a fat girl. However, I think Cohn gets far too bogged down in her language (which I personally find somewhat grating) to the detriment of her story. These characters move in the same ready money upper class world as the rest of Cohn's creations, it would be nice to see her stretch a bit.

This book will definately find an audience; and as I said it is a good book, I just can't help but feel that Cohn is capable of more. (cross-posted from MeriJenBen) ( )

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You Know Where to Find Me.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review). Dec 24, 2007 v254 i51 p57(1)Publishers Weekly, 254, 51. p.57(1). ( )