Amelia Applebaum isn’t in love with Walter Holland. He just happens to be her favorite moderately famous, chaotically bisexual YouTuber. Who she just happened to invite to prom. (But it’s fine. No, for real. If you delete the post, it didn’t happen.)

Okay, maybe her friends are right: she’s slightly parasocially infatuated. But Amelia just knows sparks would fly—if only she could meet Walter for real.

If only he would host a meet and greet.

If only it were just a short road trip away.

And if only she could talk her best friends into making it the perfect last hurrah before graduation—even Amelia’s newly single, always-cynical, guitar-toting best friend Natalie.

One thing’s for sure: all roads lead to butterflies.

But what if Amelia’s butterflies aren’t for Walter at all?

Becky Albertalli is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of William C. Morris Award winner and National Book Award longlist title Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (now a major motion picture, Love, Simon); The Upside of Unrequited; Leah on the Offbeat; the Simonverse novella Love, Creekwood; What If It’s Us and Here’s to Us (cowritten with Adam Silvera); Yes No Maybe So (cowritten with Aisha Saeed); Kate in Waiting; and Imogen, Obviously, a Stonewall Honor Book. Becky lives with her family near Atlanta. You can visit her online at beckyalbertalli.com.

Lakita Wilson is the author of several novels and nonfiction projects for children and young adults, including What Is Black Lives Matter? a part of the New York Times bestselling Who HQ Now series, the middle grade novels Be Real, Macy Weaver and Sparkle, and YA romance Last Chance Dance.

Lakita was born in Washington, DC, and grew up in Prince George’s County, Maryland. A 2017 recipient of SCBWI’s Emerging Voices Award, Lakita received her MFA in writing for children and young adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is currently on faculty at Prince George’s Community College in the education department. Lakita lives in Prince George’s County, Maryland, with her two children. She can be found online at lakitawilson.com.

Charlene Thomas was sixteen when she wrote a manuscript that won the National Novel Silver Award from Scholastic Books and went on to minor in creative writing at North Carolina State University. She writes books about the world we live in, inspired by her experiences growing up in Montgomery County, MD. Charlene has an MBA from Emory University and a digital marketing certificate from Cornell.

Venessa Vida Kelley is a Nuyorican writer, illustrator, and aspiring mermaid, they hold BA and MA degrees in English literature from The University of Delaware and The George Washington University respectively, and their illustrations have decorated books worldwide. They live in Washington, DC with their spouse, two sons, and an overabundance of washi tape. Find them online at www.venessakelley.com

If you’d like to purchase any of the above authors’ titles online and still support People’s Book, follow the links below:

Amelia, if Only: https://bookshop.org/a/88548/9780063045927

Last Chance Dance: https://bookshop.org/a/88548/9780593525616

It’s You Every Time: https://bookshop.org/a/88548/9781546111788

When the Tides Held the Moon: https://bookshop.org/a/88548/9781645661535

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