by Sarah Dessen
First published 2026
When everything she thought she knew gets turned upside down, seventeen-year-old Maya discovers that the people she's always counted on aren't who she believed them to be. Her best friend keeps secrets that change everything. Her family dynamic shifts in ways she never saw coming. The boy she's falling for challenges every assumption she's made about love. Maya finds herself questioning everyone around her, but most of all, she questions herself. Can she trust her own instincts when the ground beneath her feet keeps shifting? As unexpected events pile up, Maya must decide whether to retreat into what feels safe or step forward into an uncertain future. Sarah Dessen delivers another emotionally honest story about the messy, overwhelming experience of growing up. Maya's struggle to find her footing captures the weight of teenage decisions and the courage it takes to be true to yourself when everything else is changing.
Genres: fiction, romance, contemporary, young-adult, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
368 pages · Hardcover · Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers