It's about the ugliness of being a teenager at high school with gossip-y bullies. I have a lot of feelings for this book <3 When You Were Everything is the story of two teenagers who grow apart, who were everything to each other until they weren't. Jackson, award-winning author of Monday's Not Coming and Let Me Hear a Rhyme ) Woodfolk has a way of making words sing and burst with light." (Tiffany D. 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. 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 27 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, best-selling author of Dear Martin and Odd One Out ) 'Breathtakingly beautiful.Woodfolk has a way of making words sing and burst with light.' -Tiffany D.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 16-year-old girl's friend breakup through two concurrent timelines - ultimately proving that even endings can lead to new beginnings. 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.
It's been twenty-seven days since Cleo and Layla's friendship imploded. '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.
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