“The best discoveries always happened to the people who weren't looking for it. Columbus and America. Pinzon, who stumbled on Brazil while looking for the West Indies. Stanley happening on Vi...”
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After her father’s sudden death, Amy’s mom has decided to start anew—in Connecticut, just before the start of senior year. And she’s decided that it’ll be Amy’s job to get the car from California to Connecticut. The only problem? Amy hasn’t gotten behind the wheel since the car accident that took her father’s life. Enter Roger, a family friend, tasked by his mother to help Amy drive across the country. Amy’s not pleased to be driving across the country with a boy she barely knows, but as Amy gets lost on her cross-country adventure, she must confront the past she’s running from, come to terms with the grief of losing a parent, and learn how to open her heart in order to find herself again.
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Morgan Matson
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“The best discoveries always happened to the people who weren't looking for it. Columbus and America. Pinzon, who stumbled on Brazil while looking for the West Indies. Stanley happening on Vi...”
“You + Me saw this... AMERICA Thank you for finding America with me”
“The best discoveries always happened to the people who weren't looking for them.”
“And we were kissing like drowning people breathe-- like suddenly we'd discovered something that has never been so sweet before that moment.”
“I'd found out that if you pushed people away hard enough, they tended to go.”
“Tomorrow will be better.” “But what if it’s not?” I asked. “Then you say it again tomorrow. Because it might be. You never know, right? At some point, tomorrow will be better.”