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Two trans boys have a chance encounter as they’re each moving across the country, and they attempt to reconnect after an off-the-wall online search in this joyful celebration of queer communities and the wonder of falling in love.

Arden isn’t excited about moving. Los Angeles was an easy place to fit in and find a supportive queer community. But Winifred, Michigan? That sounds like a much more difficult place to exist.

Pasadena, California, is the perfect city for Gabe’s reinvention. Everyone knew everything about him in small-town Shelby, Illinois. Gabe, who wants to be out and proud, can’t wait to relocate.

When Arden and Gabe randomly meet in the lobby of a motel in Nebraska, it feels like fate. Both are huge fans of the band Damaged Pixie Dream Boi, and both are trans. Clearly, the universe is trying to tell them something. Right?

But after an incredible evening of hanging out, the pair part ways only knowing the other’s first name. And as both boys struggle to adjust to their new homes, their thoughts keep being drawn back to their time together. Is one perfect night—just a few hours—enough to bring Arden and Gabe back to each other?

Edward Underhill grew up in the suburbs of Wisconsin, where he could not walk to anything, so he had to make up his own adventures. He studied music in college, spent several years living in very small apartments in New York, and currently resides in California with his partner and a talkative black cat. He is the author of two young adult novels, Always the Almost and This Day Changes Everything, and a book for adults, The In-Between Bookstore. Visit him on Instagram @edwardunderhill.

“An exploration and the validation of a wide spectrum of queer experience. This is a timely promise that community is still there for transgender teens to find.” -Booklist (starred review) “A sweet, idealistic romance with a refreshing lack of transphobia that will serve as a pleasantly escapist read. A satisfying balance of angst and heart.” -Kirkus Reviews “A well-worn message to seize the day and embrace the current moment without striving for perfection plays out here to great effect. Queer and trans teens also going through turbulence of an uncertain future may find solace in the way Arden and Gabe embrace life’s imperfections and the daunting, unknown years that come after high school.” -Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books “[A] titillating missed-connection romance. It’s an enchanting examination of expectations, insecurity, and maintaining relationships.” -Publishers Weekly

ISBN: 9780063373778
368 pages
8.3 in H | 5.5 in W | 0.9 lb Wt

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