'Breathtakingly beautiful.Woodfolk has a way of making words sing and burst with light.' -Tiffany D. In When You Were Everything, Ashley Woodfolk illustrates every one of these painful moments of the friendship between Cleo, a Black teenage girl, and. Despite budding friendships with other classmates-and a raging crush on a gorgeous boy named Dom-Cleo's turbulent past with Layla comes back to haunt them both.Īlternating between time lines of Then and Now, When You Were Everything blends past and present into an emotional story about the beauty of self-forgiveness, the promise of new beginnings, and the courage it takes to remain open to love. There is something about the unspoken way that some endings are drawn out, and you can feel it happening, but can’t quite pinpoint how or why, and start questioning if you are just imagining it. But pretending Layla doesn't exist isn't as easy as Cleo hoped, especially after she's assigned to be Layla's tutor.

Now Cleo wants to erase every memory, good or bad, that tethers her to her ex-best friend. Nearly a month since Cleo realized they'll never be besties again. It's been twenty-seven days since Cleo and Layla's friendship imploded. You can't rewrite the past, but you can always choose to start again. 'Stunning.' -Nic Stone, bestselling author of Dear Martin and Odd One Out For fans of Nina LaCour's We Are Okay and Adam Silvera's History Is All You Left Me, this heartfelt and ultimately uplifting novel follows one sixteen-year-old girl's friend breakup through two concurrent timelines-ultimately proving that even endings can lead to new beginnings. Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry by debut author Joya Goffney is the story of an overly enthusiastic list maker who is blackmailed into completing a to-do list of all her worst fears.

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