Frances appears to lead a quiet, happy, sheltered life. She has a loving but overprotective family; a strong, opinionated best friend; and a budding relationship with the new boy in town. Beneath the surface, however, lies a dark secret that has tormented Frances for eleven years: One morning, her biological mother took each of her four daughters upstairs and smothered them with pillows. Only Frances survived. The arrival of a stranger carrying a message sparks a journey to face the monster and put an end to her nightmares. Teenagers will relate to the quick intensity of new relationships and the exhilaration and fear of clandestine road trips. --VOYA

Nelson’s novel is a thoughtful, moody, and entirely thrilling book…With major twists in the last 50 pages, this book will keep readers riveted until the very end. --School Library Journal

Nelson's teen characters emerge as unique, fully realized people with accents, physical features and emotional dimensions that distinguish them from familiar young-adult caricatures. Vivid, unnerving scenes from Fireless break up Frances's present-day journey, jolting readers and placing them inside her psyche…teens will be fascinated by Frances's childhood at the center of a media-crazed tragedy …Nelson's incandescent writing…transfixes the reader. --Kirkus

I haven’t been so caught up in a new author’s work like this since I read The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen. If you like Ms. Dessen, I urge you to go out and get Breathe My Name. --NightOwlRomance.com Top Pick