First published 2019
Abbi Hope Goldstein cannot walk down the street without strangers crying. Fifteen years ago, a photographer captured her as a toddler wearing a birthday crown and clutching a red balloon. Behind her, the South Tower crumbled. The image made her famous as Baby Hope, spawning countless internet memes. Now sixteen and suffocating under unwanted recognition, Abbi takes a job at Knights Day Camp in a distant town. She wants eight weeks with four year olds who know nothing about her past. Her plan crumbles when Noah Stern arrives as a fellow counselor. Noah lost everything on September 11th and believes meeting Baby Hope means something. Abbi calls it bad luck. The two begin investigating the real story behind her famous photograph. Their search forces them to confront difficult truths about that day and its aftermath. Abbi must decide whether understanding her past will free her or trap her forever.
Genres: fiction, mystery, contemporary, 21st-century, contemporary-romance, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, fish-out-of-water, found-family
Setting: Knights Day Camp, South Tower
Period: September 11th
Hardcover · Delacorte Pr