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Gary Stream

Author of Ethan’s Edge

Stories about the moment before the leap.

YA fiction about first loves, long drives, and the courage it takes to say the true thing out loud.

The debut novel

Ethan's Edge

Seventeen-year-old Ethan has a carefully folded map, a best friend named Jacob he can't stop looking at, and one cross-country summer to figure out which of those is the real destination. Ethan's Edge is a big-hearted YA road-trip novel about first love, found courage, and the edge between who you've been and who you're becoming.

  • Amazon — soon
  • Barnes & Noble — soon
  • Bookshop.org — soon

Prefer to read free? Request Ethan’s Edge at your local library — it genuinely helps authors, and librarians love the ask.

More about the book, including an excerpt

The person behind the pages

Hi, I'm Gary.

Accountant by day, storyteller always. Gary Stream writes big-hearted YA about brave kids at the edge of who they're becoming — stories shaped by a lifelong love of space, history, and building worlds.

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Beyond the last page

The road keeps going

From the world of the book

Step into the world of Ethan’s Edge

Follow Ethan and Jacob’s cross-country road trip on Jathan Forever — the companion site with mile markers, postcards, and stops the book only hints at.

Coming soon — the postcard’s in the mail

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