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RaeChell Garrett has written everything from marketing plans to health insurance benefit schedules, but she much prefers writing novels about the ups and downs of carefree girls finding their way in the world. She invites you to visit her at raechellgarrett.com.

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RaeChell Garrett has written everything from marketing plans to health insurance benefit schedules, but she much prefers writing novels about the ups and downs of carefree girls finding their way in the world. She invites you to visit her at raechellgarrett.com.

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Jennifer Lynn Barnes is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty acclaimed young adult novels, including The Inheritance Games, The Hawthorne Legacy, The Final Gambit, The Brothers Hawthorne, Little White Lies, Deadly Little Scandals, The Lovely and the Lost, and The Naturals series: The Naturals, Killer Instinct, All In, Bad Blood, and the novella, Twelve. Jen is also a Fulbright Scholar with advanced degrees in psychology, psychiatry, and cognitive science. She received her Ph.D. from Yale University in 2012 and was a professor of psychology and professional writing at the University of Oklahoma for many years. She invites you to her online at http://www.jenniferlynnbarnes.com or follow her on Instagram @authorjenlynnbarnes.

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Jennifer Lynn Barnes is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty acclaimed young adult novels, including The Inheritance Games, The Hawthorne Legacy, The Final Gambit, The Brothers Hawthorne, Little White Lies, Deadly Little Scandals, The Lovely and the Lost, and The Naturals series: The Naturals, Killer Instinct, All In, Bad Blood, and the novella, Twelve. Jen is also a Fulbright Scholar with advanced degrees in psychology, psychiatry, and cognitive science. She received her Ph.D. from Yale University in 2012 and was a professor of psychology and professional writing at the University of Oklahoma for many years. She invites you to her online at http://www.jenniferlynnbarnes.com or follow her on Instagram @authorjenlynnbarnes.

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Jennifer Lynn Barnes is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than twenty acclaimed young adult novels, including The Inheritance Games, The Hawthorne Legacy, The Final Gambit, The Brothers Hawthorne, Little White Lies, Deadly Little Scandals, The Lovely and the Lost, and The Naturals series: The Naturals, Killer Instinct, All In, Bad Blood, and the novella, Twelve. Jen is also a Fulbright Scholar with advanced degrees in psychology, psychiatry, and cognitive science. She received her Ph.D. from Yale University in 2012 and was a professor of psychology and professional writing at the University of Oklahoma for many years. She invites you to her online at http://www.jenniferlynnbarnes.com or follow her on Instagram @authorjenlynnbarnes.

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Lev Rosen writes books for people of all ages, including the Evander Mills series, which began with the Macavity Award winning Lavender House (Anthony finalist, Lambda finalist, Best Book of the Year from Buzzfeed, Library Journal, Amazon, Bookpage, and others) and continued with The Bell in the Fog, (Publisher’s Weekly Editor’s Choice, Best Book of the year from Amazon, CrimeReads and Autostraddle). His most recent YA novels are Emmett (Best Book of the year from Kirkus and Amazon), Lion’s Legacy (Best Book of the year from Booklist and the New York Public Library) and Camp (Best Book of the year from Forbes, Elle, and The Today Show and others). The third Evander Mills mystery, Rough Pages, will be out in fall 2024.He lives in NYC with his husband and a very small cat. You can find him online at LevACRosen.com and @LevACRosen.

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Lev Rosen writes books for people of all ages, including the Evander Mills series, which began with the Macavity Award winning Lavender House (Anthony finalist, Lambda finalist, Best Book of the Year from Buzzfeed, Library Journal, Amazon, Bookpage, and others) and continued with The Bell in the Fog, (Publisher’s Weekly Editor’s Choice, Best Book of the year from Amazon, CrimeReads and Autostraddle). His most recent YA novels are Emmett (Best Book of the year from Kirkus and Amazon), Lion’s Legacy (Best Book of the year from Booklist and the New York Public Library) and Camp (Best Book of the year from Forbes, Elle, and The Today Show and others). The third Evander Mills mystery, Rough Pages, will be out in fall 2024.He lives in NYC with his husband and a very small cat. You can find him online at LevACRosen.com and @LevACRosen.

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Jordan Stephanie Gray is a long-time daydreamer and writer of the fantastical and romantic and freelance editor to bestselling authors. In her free time, she can be found curled up with her pugs in her lap, rereading her favorite novels while teasing her middle schooler about how much kissing is in her own books (a lot). Bitten is her debut novel. She invites you to visit her at authorjordangray.com and to follow her on instagram @authorjordangray. 

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Jordan Gray is a long-time daydreamer and writer of the fantastical and romantic and freelance editor to bestselling authors. In her free time, she can be found curled up with her pugs in her lap, rereading her favorite novels while teasing her middle schooler about how much kissing is in her own books (a lot). Bitten is her debut novel. She invites you to visit her at authorjordangray.com and to follow her on instagram @authorjordangray. 

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Julia Drake's debut novel The Last True Poets of the Sea received the 2020 New England Book Award, six starred reviews, and was named a 2019 Best Book of the Year by Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and Booklist, among other publications. She received her BA in Spanish from Williams College, and her MFA in creative writing from Columbia University, where she also taught writing to first-year students. She currently works teaching writing to undergraduates. She lives in Philadelphia with her partner and their rescue rabbit, Ned.

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Julia Drake's debut novel The Last True Poets of the Sea received the 2020 New England Book Award, six starred reviews, and was named a 2019 Best Book of the Year by Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and Booklist, among other publications. She received her BA in Spanish from Williams College, and her MFA in creative writing from Columbia University, where she also taught writing to first-year students. She currently works teaching writing to undergraduates. She lives in Philadelphia with her partner and their rescue rabbit, Ned.

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Julia Drake's debut novel The Last True Poets of the Sea received the 2020 New England Book Award, six starred reviews, and was named a 2019 Best Book of the Year by Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, and Booklist, among other publications. She received her BA in Spanish from Williams College, and her MFA in creative writing from Columbia University, where she also taught writing to first-year students. She currently works teaching writing to undergraduates. She lives in Philadelphia with her partner and their rescue rabbit, Ned.

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Tia Williams had a fifteen-year career as a beauty editor for magazines including Elle, Glamour, Teen People, and Essence. In 2004, she pioneered the beauty blog industry with her site Shake Your Beauty. She’s the author of The Accidental Diva, the It Chicks series, and The Perfect Find—now a Netflix film starring Gabrielle Union. Her novel, Seven Days in June, was an instant New York Times bestseller and the June 2021 Reese’s Book Club pick. A TV series adaptation is in development with Will Packer Productions. Her latest bestselling novel, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde, was named one of the year’s best romances by New York Times and Amazon. Tia lives with her family in Brooklyn.

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1. Audre ponders, “How do you let go and just…live…when you knew how every story ended?” (p. 13). If you knew the outcome of your story, would you still take the journey?
2. Audre's “Rules for Flourishing on This Dying Planet” are sprinkled throughout the book. Which rule is your favorite?
3. Over the course of the book, Audre discovers her family’s history. What do we inherit from those who came before us? How do you break a generational cycle? Have Audre and Eva broken their family’s patterns completely?
4. Audre and Bash both wrestle with anxiety, perfectionism, and the pressures of others’ expectations. How do they help each other work through these issues? What does it mean to trust another person with your mental health?
5. In his role as funsultant, Bash helps Audre navigate her Experience Challenge. Which challenge was your favorite? Do the challenges have their intended effect?
6. Eva tells Audre, “When you were growing up, I think I treated you more like a best friend than a daughter” (p. 141). How does Eva and Audre’s relationship evolve? Is it possible for parents to be friends with their child while maintaining a parental role?
7. Audre wonders, “Why else do we work so hard if not for our future?” To which Bash responds, “I’d rather be happy in the present” (p. 173). Have you ever made an impulsive decision that you knew would be detrimental to your future? If so, did you regret your decision?
8. How are Audre, Bash, and Reshma impacted by societal expectations of gender and sexuality?
9. For most of the book, Audre and Bash insist that they are just friends. What’s the line between friendship and romance?
10. If you’ve read Seven Days in June, how does Audre change between books? How did it feel seeing Eva and Shane in their parental roles? Knowing Eva’s backstory, did you sympathize with her at moments of tension with Audre?

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Samira Ahmed is the New York Times bestselling author of Love, Hate, & Other Filters and Internment. She was born in Bombay, India, and has lived in New York, Chicago, and Kauai, where she spent a year searching for the perfect mango. She invites you to visit her online at samiraahmed.com and on Twitter and Instagram @sam_aye_ahm.

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1. “To Be or Not to Be 2.0” is a poetic interpretation of physics ideas and principles (pp. 12-14). How do science and art interact with one another? How do both impact Aria’s journey across the multiverse?
2. As Aria falls through the multiverse, what changes between worlds? What remains the same? What aspects of the different realities would you want to be a part of your life?
3. What different dynamics does Aria have with the many versions of her parents? Do you think parents shape who their children become? What about vice versa?
4. Aria asks Dilnaz, “Do you ever wonder if you’re living the right life?” (p. 135). Have you ever woken up and felt like a different version of yourself? Do you think it’s possible to completely start over? Is there one “right” way to life your life?
5. Over the course of the book, one iteration of Aria and Rohan’s relationship ends and another begins. What do you think makes one instance of their relationship work while the other falls apart? Do you think some versions of Aria and Rohan could ultimately end up together?
6. Rohan tells Aria about the French phrase “tu me manques” (p. 154). How does grief affect different characters? Does moving forward in time mean leaving the past behind?
7. Arias initially imposes a set of rules on herself: “Survive. Do no harm. Observe. No human entanglements” (p. 158). How are these rules tested as she travels? Is it possible to close yourself off to the world around you?
8. As Aria tries to find her way back to her prime reality, she considers many what ifs, sometimes becoming overwhelmed by the number of possibilities. How does she cope with the stress and anxiety of so many questions with unknown answers? Do you think imagining different possibilities can be helpful? Do you need to see something to become it?
9. In thinking about the development of technology, Aria notes, “Every culture, every people make choices—understanding their world in ways that work for them” (p. 228). Do you think technology is a force for good? How can technology be used consciously and mindfully?
10. Having read Aria’s story, do you think her path was predetermined? Could she have made different choices? Do you believe in fate or destiny? Why?

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Tia Williams had a fifteen-year career as a beauty editor for magazines including Elle, Glamour, Teen People, and Essence. In 2004, she pioneered the beauty blog industry with her site Shake Your Beauty. She’s the author of The Accidental Diva, the It Chicks series, and The Perfect Find—now a Netflix film starring Gabrielle Union. Her novel, Seven Days in June, was an instant New York Times bestseller and the June 2021 Reese’s Book Club pick. A TV series adaptation is in development with Will Packer Productions. Her latest bestselling novel, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde, was named one of the year’s best romances by New York Times and Amazon. Tia lives with her family in Brooklyn.

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1. Audre ponders, “How do you let go and just…live…when you knew how every story ended?” (p. 13). If you knew the outcome of your story, would you still take the journey?
2. Audre's “Rules for Flourishing on This Dying Planet” are sprinkled throughout the book. Which rule is your favorite?
3. Over the course of the book, Audre discovers her family’s history. What do we inherit from those who came before us? How do you break a generational cycle? Have Audre and Eva broken their family’s patterns completely?
4. Audre and Bash both wrestle with anxiety, perfectionism, and the pressures of others’ expectations. How do they help each other work through these issues? What does it mean to trust another person with your mental health?
5. In his role as funsultant, Bash helps Audre navigate her Experience Challenge. Which challenge was your favorite? Do the challenges have their intended effect?
6. Eva tells Audre, “When you were growing up, I think I treated you more like a best friend than a daughter” (p. 141). How does Eva and Audre’s relationship evolve? Is it possible for parents to be friends with their child while maintaining a parental role?
7. Audre wonders, “Why else do we work so hard if not for our future?” To which Bash responds, “I’d rather be happy in the present” (p. 173). Have you ever made an impulsive decision that you knew would be detrimental to your future? If so, did you regret your decision?
8. How are Audre, Bash, and Reshma impacted by societal expectations of gender and sexuality?
9. For most of the book, Audre and Bash insist that they are just friends. What’s the line between friendship and romance?
10. If you’ve read Seven Days in June, how does Audre change between books? How did it feel seeing Eva and Shane in their parental roles? Knowing Eva’s backstory, did you sympathize with her at moments of tension with Audre?

About the Author

Tia Williams had a fifteen-year career as a beauty editor for magazines including Elle, Glamour, Teen People, and Essence. In 2004, she pioneered the beauty blog industry with her site Shake Your Beauty. She’s the author of The Accidental Diva, the It Chicks series, and The Perfect Find—now a Netflix film starring Gabrielle Union. Her novel, Seven Days in June, was an instant New York Times bestseller and the June 2021 Reese’s Book Club pick. A TV series adaptation is in development with Will Packer Productions. Her latest bestselling novel, A Love Song for Ricki Wilde, was named one of the year’s best romances by New York Times and Amazon. Tia lives with her family in Brooklyn.

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1. Audre ponders, “How do you let go and just…live…when you knew how every story ended?” (p. 13). If you knew the outcome of your story, would you still take the journey?
2. Audre's “Rules for Flourishing on This Dying Planet” are sprinkled throughout the book. Which rule is your favorite?
3. Over the course of the book, Audre discovers her family’s history. What do we inherit from those who came before us? How do you break a generational cycle? Have Audre and Eva broken their family’s patterns completely?
4. Audre and Bash both wrestle with anxiety, perfectionism, and the pressures of others’ expectations. How do they help each other work through these issues? What does it mean to trust another person with your mental health?
5. In his role as funsultant, Bash helps Audre navigate her Experience Challenge. Which challenge was your favorite? Do the challenges have their intended effect?
6. Eva tells Audre, “When you were growing up, I think I treated you more like a best friend than a daughter” (p. 141). How does Eva and Audre’s relationship evolve? Is it possible for parents to be friends with their child while maintaining a parental role?
7. Audre wonders, “Why else do we work so hard if not for our future?” To which Bash responds, “I’d rather be happy in the present” (p. 173). Have you ever made an impulsive decision that you knew would be detrimental to your future? If so, did you regret your decision?
8. How are Audre, Bash, and Reshma impacted by societal expectations of gender and sexuality?
9. For most of the book, Audre and Bash insist that they are just friends. What’s the line between friendship and romance?
10. If you’ve read Seven Days in June, how does Audre change between books? How did it feel seeing Eva and Shane in their parental roles? Knowing Eva’s backstory, did you sympathize with her at moments of tension with Audre?

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Lev Rosen writes books for people of all ages, including the Evander Mills series, which began with the Macavity Award winning Lavender House (Anthony finalist, Lambda finalist, Best Book of the Year from Buzzfeed, Library Journal, Amazon, Bookpage, and others) and continued with The Bell in the Fog, (Publisher’s Weekly Editor’s Choice, Best Book of the year from Amazon, CrimeReads and Autostraddle). His most recent YA novels are Emmett (Best Book of the year from Kirkus and Amazon), Lion’s Legacy (Best Book of the year from Booklist and the New York Public Library) and Camp (Best Book of the year from Forbes, Elle, and The Today Show and others). The third Evander Mills mystery, Rough Pages, will be out in fall 2024.He lives in NYC with his husband and a very small cat. You can find him online at LevACRosen.com and @LevACRosen

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Elora Cook is a young adult author who loves writing about ambitious girls with glamorous and dangerous lives. She grew up outside Toronto and now travels often to and from the East Coast. Her name comes from the movie Willow, which destined her for a love of storytelling. Elora invites you to visit her at eloracookauthor.com. In the Company of Killers is her debut novel.

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Elora Cook is a young adult author who loves writing about ambitious girls with glamorous and dangerous lives. She grew up outside Toronto and now travels often to and from the East Coast. Her name comes from the movie Willow, which destined her for a love of storytelling. Elora invites you to visit her at eloracookauthor.com. In the Company of Killers is her debut novel.

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Elora Cook is a young adult author who loves writing about ambitious girls with glamorous and dangerous lives. She grew up outside Toronto and now travels often to and from the East Coast. Her name comes from the movie Willow, which destined her for a love of storytelling. Elora invites you to visit her at eloracookauthor.com. In the Company of Killers is her debut novel.

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Lindsey Duga is the author of several YA novels and middle-grade ghost stories. With a passion for history and mythology, she’s always been fascinated with royalty across cultures and fantastical worlds. She lives in Baton Rouge, LA, with her family and dog, Delphi. She invites you to visit her online at lindseyduga.com and to follow her @LinzDuga.

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Lindsey Duga is the author of several YA novels and middle-grade ghost stories. With a passion for history and mythology, she’s always been fascinated with royalty across cultures and fantastical worlds. She lives in Baton Rouge, LA, with her family and dog, Delphi. She invites you to visit her online at lindseyduga.com and to follow her @LinzDuga.

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Lindsey Duga is the author of several YA novels and middle-grade ghost stories. With a passion for history and mythology, she’s always been fascinated with royalty across cultures and fantastical worlds. She lives in Baton Rouge, LA, with her family and dog, Delphi. She invites you to visit her online at lindseyduga.com and to follow her @LinzDuga.

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K. X. Song is a diaspora writer with roots in Hong Kong and Shanghai. An Echo in the City is her debut novel.

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Marie Arnold was born in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti and came to America at the age of seven. She grew up in Brooklyn, New York alongside her extended family. She attended Columbia College in Chicago, where her main focus was creative writing. As Lola StVil, she is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling indie author. Over two million readers have downloaded her Young Adult fantasy series GUARDIANS. She currently has 3 projects under development at Disney Junior and Disney Plus, one of which is an animated show based on her middle grade novel The Year I Flew Away.

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Marie Arnold was born in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti and came to America at the age of seven. She grew up in Brooklyn, New York alongside her extended family. She attended Columbia College in Chicago, where her main focus was creative writing. As Lola StVil, she is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling indie author. Over two million readers have downloaded her Young Adult fantasy series GUARDIANS. She currently has 3 projects under development at Disney Junior and Disney Plus, one of which is an animated show based on her middle grade novel The Year I Flew Away.

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Marie Arnold was born in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti and came to America at the age of seven. She grew up in Brooklyn, New York alongside her extended family. She attended Columbia College in Chicago, where her main focus was creative writing. As Lola StVil, she is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling indie author. Over two million readers have downloaded her Young Adult fantasy series GUARDIANS. She currently has 3 projects under development at Disney Junior and Disney Plus, one of which is an animated show based on her middle grade novel The Year I Flew Away.

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Laekan Zea Kemp is the Pura Belpré Honor author of Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet, Heartbreak Symphony, and Omega Morales and the Legend of La Lechuza. Her work celebrates Chicane grit, resilience, creativity, and joy while exploring themes of identity and mental health. She lives in Austin, Texas. Laekan invites you to visit her at laekanzeakemp.com or follow her on Twitter @LaekanZeaKemp.

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Born in a mountain cabin to a punk-rocker mother, Tess Sharpe grew up in rural California. She lives deep in the backwoods with a pack of dogs and a growing colony of feral cats. You can find her on twitter @sharpegirl.

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Mariko Turk teaches writing and rhetoric classes and works as a writing tutor at the University of Colorado Boulder. She received her PhD in English from the University of Florida, with a concentration in children’s literature.

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Shannon Dunlap is a graduate of the MFA program at New York University. Previously, she was a weekly columnist for the Phnom Penh Post and her work appears in the anthology How Does One Dress to Buy Dragonfruit?: True Stories of Expat Women in Asia (Signal 8 Press). She has written for The Harvard Business Review, Fah Thai magazine, and Brave New Traveler. She currently lives in Brooklyn with her husband and baby daughter.

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Ronni Davis lives in Chicago, where she copyedits everything from TV commercials to billboards by day, and writes contemporary teen novels about brown girls falling in love by night. She is the author of When the Stars Lead to You. You can visit her at ronnidavis.com, and follow her on Twitter and Instagram.

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Mariko Turk teaches writing and rhetoric classes and works as a writing tutor at the University of Colorado Boulder. She received her PhD in English from the University of Florida, with a concentration in children’s literature.

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Shannon Dunlap is a graduate of the MFA program at New York University. Previously, she was a weekly columnist for the Phnom Penh Post and her work appears in the anthology How Does One Dress to Buy Dragonfruit?: True Stories of Expat Women in Asia (Signal 8 Press). She has written for The Harvard Business Review, Fah Thai magazine, and Brave New Traveler. She currently lives in Brooklyn with her husband and baby daughter.

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