In this emotionally candid contemporary YA, author Jen Malone delves into the world of a teen whose life is brought to an abrupt halt when she learns sheâs in dire need of an organ transplant.
Hard-charging and irrepressible, eighteen-year-old Amelia Linehan could see a roller derby opponent a mile awayâand thatâs while crouched down, bent over skates, and zooming around a track at the speed of light.
What she couldnât see coming, however, was the flare-up of the rare liver disorder she was born with. But now itâs the only thing sheâand everyone around herâcan think about.
With no guarantee of a viable organ transplant, everything Ameliaâs been sure ofâlike college plans or the possibility of one day falling in loveâhas become a huge question mark, threatening to drag her down into a sea of what-ifs sheâs desperate to avoid.
Then a friend from the past shows up. With Will, itâs easy to forget about whatâs lurking between the lightness of their time together. She feels alive when all signs point elsewhere.
But with the odds decidedly not in her favor, Amelia knows this feeling canât last forever. After all, what can?