When You Were Everything

<b>For fans of Nina LaCour's <i>We Are Okay</i> and Adam Silvera's <i>History Is All You Left Me</i>, 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.</b><br><br><b>"Stunning." --Nic Stone, bestselling author of <i>Dear Martin </i>and <i>Odd One Out</i></b><br><br><i>You can't rewrite the past, but you can always choose to start again.</i><br><br>It's been twenty-seven days since Cleo and Layla's friendship imploded.<br><br>Nearly a month since Cleo realized they'll never be besties again.<br><br>Now Cleo wants to erase every memory, good or bad, that tethers her to her ex-best friend. But pretending Layla doesn't exist isn't as easy as Cleo hoped, especially after she's assigned to be Layla's tutor. 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.<br><br>Alternating between time lines of Then and Now, <i>When You Were Everything </i>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.<br><br><b>"Breathtakingly beautiful....Woodfolk has a way of making words sing and burst with light." --Tiffany D. Jackson, award-winning author of <i>Monday's Not Coming </i>and <i>Let Me Hear A Rhyme</i></b>