April 26, 2022
Harper Teen
ISBN: 9780063044654
Hardcover, 300 pages

Also available in:
E-book and Digital Audio/ MP3

Someday We’ll Find It

“Where to?” Blake asks.

“Anywhere but here,” I say.

Seventeen-year-old Bliss Walker has been stuck in a home that doesn’t feel like hers for six years. Ever since Mama dropped her off and never came back.

Then, the summer before her senior year of high school, two things happen: Mama returns out of the blue, and Bliss meets Blake, a boy who listens like everything she has to say is worth hearing.

It should be a dream come true. But as the summer spins on, Bliss finds herself facing a painful choice: between the life she’s always longed for, and the world she’s starting to make for herself.

Raw and unvarnished, Jennifer Wilson’s debut about one girl’s messy, unglamorous, very real summer in central Illinois is perfect for fans of Emergency Contact and Far from the Tree.

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Your local bookstore

Someday We’ll Find It

April 26, 2022
Harper Teen
ISBN: 9780063044654
Hardcover, 300 pages
Also available in E-book, Digital Audio/ MP3

“Where to?” Blake asks.

“Anywhere but here,” I say.

Seventeen-year-old Bliss Walker has been stuck in a home that doesn’t feel like hers for six years. Ever since Mama dropped her off and never came back.

Then, the summer before her senior year of high school, two things happen: Mama returns out of the blue, and Bliss meets Blake, a boy who listens like everything she has to say is worth hearing.

It should be a dream come true. But as the summer spins on, Bliss finds herself facing a painful choice: between the life she’s always longed for, and the world she’s starting to make for herself.

Raw and unvarnished, Jennifer Wilson’s debut about one girl’s messy, unglamorous, very real summer in central Illinois is perfect for fans of Emergency Contact and Far from the Tree.

available where books are sold:

Your local bookstore

press:

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Bliss’s struggles with self-worth, her desire to break free from external pressures, and the details of her everyday life… imbue Wilson’s romantic debut with a healthy dose of intimacy and drama.

—Publishers Weekly [ read full review ]

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Wilson captures the reality of the rural Midwest with an authentic voice that is both powerful and raw. A solid, first purchase.

—School Library Journal starred review  [ read full review ]

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The book explores complicated, messy relationships that include elements of rivalry, jealousy, love, and care.. An intimate story of growth and self-respect.

—Kirkus Reviews  [ read full review ]

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Over the past six years, Bliss has gotten good at making herself fit into other people’s lives, having been dumped with her aunt’s family so her mother could pursue being a model. She has also gone along with her boyfriend’s dream for their future, holding on to only the smallest details of a road map for making her life her own. But then, the summer before Bliss’ senior year, her mother comes crashing back into her life and Bliss meets Blake (someone she finds easy to talk to—and sometimes kiss), causing her to question how much of her life story she wants to write herself. Someday We’ll Find It is a novel about discovering your own value and, just as important, finding people who see that worth without being threatened by it. First-time novelist Wilson has captured so many of the complex emotions of being a teenager—not just through Bliss’ contemplation of post-high-school life, but through personal growth that allows Bliss to see her entire high-school experience in a new light.

— Molly Horan, Booklist

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How do you fight for what you want if you don’t even know what that is? Both relatable and surprisingly suspenseful, Someday We’ll Find It is a riveting coming-of-age story about a girl sleepwalking through a hot Midwestern summer until the sudden reappearance of her mother—and a new boy in town—challenge her to dream bigger. Readers will eagerly follow Bliss as she discovers some rainbows are worth chasing.

Laura Ruby, Two-Time National Book Award Finalist and Author of Bone Gap

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How do you fight for what you want if you don’t even know what that is? Both relatable and surprisingly suspenseful, Someday We’ll Find It is a riveting coming-of-age story about a girl sleepwalking through a hot Midwestern summer until the sudden reappearance of her mother—and a new boy in town—challenge her to dream bigger. Readers will eagerly follow Bliss as she discovers some rainbows are worth chasing.

—Elisha Jachetti, YA Books Central  [ read full review ]