Our Way Back to Always

This effervescent young adult romance follows Lou Patterson and Sam Alvarez, childhood best friends who drifted apart after a mortifying middle school promposal. Four years later, Lou, an introverted romantic burdened by her mother's expectations, discovers their old bucket list. Sam, still grieving his father's death, unexpectedly joins her quest to complete it. As they revisit their past goals, from going to a party to learning how to be a good kisser, they are forced to confront unresolved feelings, personal anxieties, and the weight of their individual struggles. The book offers a heartwarming exploration of rekindled friendship, first love, and navigating grief and self-discovery during the tumultuous high school years. It's ideal for teens aged 12-18.

To All the Boys I've Loved Before meets Since You've Been Gone in this effervescent romance about childhood best friends reconnecting that's full of sunny days, warm nights, first kisses, and mended hearts. Lou Patterson and Sam Alvarez were inseparable--the best of friends--until the most embarrassing middle school promposal ever. Now, four years later, Lou is an introverted romantic who's bearing the weight of her mother's expectations. Meanwhile, Sam is the golden boy with plenty of friends who's still mourning the death of his father. When Lou finds the bucket list she and Sam wrote together as kids, she's disappointed to see that she hasn't accomplished a single one of her goals. Go to a party? Nope. Pull the greatest prank of all time? Still no. Learn how to be a really good kisser? Definitely not. Lou sets out to finish the list, and in a stroke of fate, Sam decides to tag along, stirring up old arguments and some very new feelings. But with the bucket list to guide them, Sam and Lou might just be able to find a way toward the future and each other.