Published in 2019
312 pages
Emma Mills is the author of several novels for Young Adults. She holds a PhD in cell biology and is known for her YouTube channel, Elmify. She is also the co-creator and co-host of the “life skills” channel How to Adult, which ended in 2016. Mills lives in St. Louis, Missouri.
What is this book about?
For Sophie, small town life has never felt small. With her four best friends—loving, infuriating, and all she could ever ask for—she can weather any storm. But when Sophie’s beloved Acadia High School marching band is selected to march in the upcoming Rose Parade, it’s her job to get them all the way to LA. Her plan? To persuade country singer Megan Pleasant, their Midwestern town’s only claim to fame, to come back to Acadia to headline a fundraising festival.
The only problem is that Megan has very publicly sworn never to return.
What ensues is a journey filled with long-kept secrets, hidden heartbreaks, and revelations that could change everything—along with a possible fifth best friend: a new guy with a magnetic smile and secrets of his own.
