My Parents Cancelled My Birthday

Big Church

The Summer of Discovery

The Ghosts of Rancho Espanto

A For Effort

Holi (World of Festivals)

A Smile

Sea for Yourself (LUNA BAY)

Can a friendship last forever?

Emmy would like to think so. But even though she and her late best friend, Kim, planned every detail in advance, from when and where to meet to what snacks to bring, Kim has yet to make an appearance from the afterlife. Which is making Emmy wonder if what happened right before Kim died changed everything.

Alternating between the past and the present and between the heartbreaking and the truly hilarious, Ann Dee Ellis's latest novel is an achingly authentic take on friendship, family, and what it means to let go and truly live.

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