Just Visiting

Reagan and Victoria are sure about two things in their future: they’re going to be college roommates, and they’re going to get out of Charytan, Kansas, together. But as they go on a series of college visits, the two begin to realize their visions of the future may not align, and as the secrets they’ve been keeping from the other slowly come to light, they learn they’re not exactly the yin and yang they thought they were. Suddenly, neither one is sure what the next four years hold, or whether they’ll be spending them together at all.

Combining the unique settings of college visits with a cast that’s diverse in race, ability, and socioeconomic class, Just Visiting touches upon the kinds of conversations we fear having with those closest to us, and why the strongest relationships can be the scariest. It also contains scenes that are rare but important in YA, about sexual agency, contraception/plan B, and relationships that neither last forever nor destroy the characters when they crumble

Dahlia Adler of New Rochelle, NY

Dahlia Adler is an Associate Editor of Mathematics by day, a blogger for the B&N Teen Blog by night, and writes at every spare moment in between. She is the author of Behind the Scenes, Under the Lights, Last Will and Testament, and Just Visiting. She lives in New York City with her husband and their overstuffed bookshelves.