While You Were Dreaming

In this contemporary YA novel by a powerhouse Avon author, an Indian American teen with undocumented family members goes viral after saving her crush’s life. This Phenomenal Book Club pick is now available in paperback!

If Sonia Patil had her way, she’d be attending her local comic con instead of covering a shift at the coffee shop for her boss’s awful daughter. Sonia’s a huge comic book fan, but more important, her crush, James Cooper, invited her. (Well, he said she should come by if she was working that day. That counts, right?) Since Sonia’s mom was deported and her sister, who never claimed deferred status under DACA, had to forgo college to support the family, Sonia has more than enough to handle between work and school. She tries to fly under the radar and not attract any attention because of her family situation. 

So it figures that once she’s finished her shift and changes into her homemade superhero cosplay, Sonia stumbles into saving James’s life. When a video of the daring rescue goes viral, she—or, rather, a mysterious masked savior—is thrust into the spotlight. Now she’s hiding from TikTok detectives while trying to connect with James.

Juggling crushes and a secret identity might just take superpowers. Will Sonia be able to hide in plain sight forever?