“A literary super-duo.”—Los Angeles Times
“A clever, timely story that will attract any teen with a Facebook account.”—Booklist, starred review Josh and Emma are about to discover themselves—fifteen years in the future. It's 1996, and Josh and Emma have been neighbors their whole lives. They've been best friends almost as long
—at least, up until last November, when everything changed. Things have been awkward ever since, but when Josh's family gets a free AOL CD-ROM in the mail, his mom makes him bring it over so that Emma can install it on her new computer. When they sign on, they're automatically logged onto Facebook . . . but Facebook hasn't been invented yet. Josh and Emma are looking at themselves fifteen years in the future.
Their spouses, careers, homes, and status updates
—it's all there. And every time they refresh their pages, their futures change. As they grapple with the ups and downs of what their lives hold, they're forced to confront what they're doing right
—and wrong
—in the present.
On sale: October 16, 2012
Age: 12 and up
Grade: Grade 7 & Up
Page count: 384 Pages
ISBN: 9781595145161
Jay Asher's first novel,
Thirteen Reasons Why, spent over two years on the
New York Times bestseller list, with foreign rights sold in over 30 countries and more than 1,000,000 copies in print in the US alone.
Carolyn Mackler is the Printz Honor winning author of
The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things;
Tangled;
Guyaholic;
Vegan Virgin Valentine; and
Love and Other Four-Letter Words. Her novels have been published in over 15 countries.
“These two top-of their-game authors don’t disappoint.”—
Publishers Weekly, starred review
“A clever, timely story that will attract any teen with a Facebook account.”—
Booklist, starred review
“A literary super-duo.”—
Los Angeles Times
“A romantic comedy about the risk of sacrificing moments of happiness in the present by living for the future.”—
Shelf Awareness
“A tremendously likable, soul-searching romantic comedy.”—
School Library Journal
“Two of YA’s most compelling writers . . . a definite ‘LIKE.’”—
Family Circle
“Without question a page-turner.”—
Kirkus Reviews
“Demonstrates that the future is fascinating even after it becomes somebody else’s present.”—
Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
