When Emma Sasha Sterling silver loses her eyesight in a nightmare incident, she must relearn everything from walking next door to recognizing her own sisters to imagining colours. One of seven kids, Emma used to become the invisible child, but now it appears everyone is watching her. And as she’s about to start senior high school and make an effort to recover her friendships and previous life, among her classmates is found dead in an apparent suicide. Fifteen and blind, Emma has to untangle what happened and why-in purchase to find out for herself what makes life worthy of living.

Unflinching in its portrayal of Emma’s darkest days, yet filled with hope and humor, Rachel DeWoskin’s brilliant Blind is one particular rare books that utterly absorbs the audience into the existence and connection with another.