Now Is Not the Time to Panic

Frankie Budge - aspiring writer, indifferent student, offbeat loner - is determined to make it through yet another summer in Coalfield, Tennessee, when she meets Zeke, a talented artist who has just moved into his grandmother's house and who is as awkward as Frankie is. An exuberant, bighearted novel about two teenage misfits who spectacularly collide one fateful summer, and the art they make that changes their lives forever. A nuanced exploration of young love, identity, and the power of art.