LET'S GET LOST
by Adi Alsaid
Release Date: 07/29/14
Harlequin Teen
Five strangers.
Countless adventures. One epic way to get lost.
Four teens across the country have only one thing in common: a girl named LEILA. She crashes into their lives in her absurdly red car at the moment they need someone the most.
There's HUDSON, a small-town mechanic who is willing to throw away his dreams for true love. And BREE, a runaway who seizes every Tuesday—and a few stolen goods along the way. ELLIOT believes in happy endings…until his own life goes off-script. And SONIA worries that when she lost her boyfriend, she also lost the ability to love.
Hudson, Bree, Elliot and Sonia find a friend in Leila. And when Leila leaves them, their lives are forever changed. But it is during Leila's own 4,268-mile journey that she discovers the most important truth— sometimes, what you need most is right where you started. And maybe the only way to find what you're looking for is to get lost along the way.
Four teens across the country have only one thing in common: a girl named LEILA. She crashes into their lives in her absurdly red car at the moment they need someone the most.
There's HUDSON, a small-town mechanic who is willing to throw away his dreams for true love. And BREE, a runaway who seizes every Tuesday—and a few stolen goods along the way. ELLIOT believes in happy endings…until his own life goes off-script. And SONIA worries that when she lost her boyfriend, she also lost the ability to love.
Hudson, Bree, Elliot and Sonia find a friend in Leila. And when Leila leaves them, their lives are forever changed. But it is during Leila's own 4,268-mile journey that she discovers the most important truth— sometimes, what you need most is right where you started. And maybe the only way to find what you're looking for is to get lost along the way.
Early Praise:
“This will likely be a popular summer hit, especially for older teen about to embark on their own journeys of self-discovery.” –Booklist
“This will likely be a popular summer hit, especially for older teen about to embark on their own journeys of self-discovery.” –Booklist
“Reminiscent of John Green’s Paper
Towns and road trip novels that feature a teen paving the way to
adulthood, Alsaid’s debut is a gem among contemporary YA novels.” – School
Library Journal
“Five love stories, beautifully woven
together by a special girl in search of adventure, hope, and full
appreciation of life’s simple pleasures. A do-not-miss. ” – Justine Magazine
“Moving and poignant.” - Glitter Magazine
“An entertaining and romantic road-trip
debut.” – Kirkus
"Leila's quest to find the Northern
Lights takes readers on a captivating cross-country journey, where four
strangers' adventures collide into one riveting tale of finding yourself." ―YABooksCentral.com
Excerpt:
He chuckled as he ran
his hands around the engine, checking for cracks in belts. “Born and raised.”
About the Author:
HUDSON COULD HEAR the car’s engine from blocks
away. He stepped outside the garage and closed his eyes, listening, picking
apart the sounds so that he would know exactly what he’d have to fix before he
even popped the hood.
Standing there against the garage, listening to the
still-far-off car, Hudson could forget about everything else. About school and
girls and his future and whether his friends were actually jackasses or just
acting like them. With his eyes closed, Hudson could reduce the world to a
single engine and nothing more; a world where he could not only name every
little part but knew what it was for, how it worked, how to fix it.
He opened his eyes when he heard the car’s brakes
chirp as it slowed to turn into the garage. It was an old Plymouth Acclaim, the
kind of car you either happily sent off to die or loved with your entire heart
and refused to let go of. It had seen better days, its red paint job chipped
and faded, its muffler not doing much muffling. He waved the driver forward to
where he was standing. He was still identifying the car’s problems when the
girl killed the engine and climbed out.
He only allowed himself a quick glance at her,
knowing as soon as he saw her that she was the kind of girl who could make you
think your life was not complete unless she was in it. She was a jumble of
contradictions: short but with long legs, fierce green eyes but a kind expression,
baby-faced but wise. She was wearing a snug, plain red T-shirt that matched her
car. Her hair was down, the black locks reaching just past her chin.
“Afternoon,” she said, offering a polite smile.
He replied in kind, trying to adopt the professional
tone he used with most customers. He asked her to pop the hood and then walked
to the front of the car to release the latch. He meant to bury himself in work
right away, but against instinct he stole another glance. How long would the
memory of her face haunt him? Days? Weeks? “You having trouble with anything
specific?”
“Well, not
really,” she said, slipping her hands
into the back pockets of her shorts, which made her posture change in a way
Hudson couldn’t help but notice. The quiet world outside the garage noticed the
change in her posture, the damp Mississippi air noticed, even the various
grease stains spread out on the garage floor noticed. “I just got started on a
road trip, and it’s making a lot of noise, so I wanted to be sure it’s in shape.”
Hudson grabbed a clean rag off a nearby shelf and
checked the oil and the transmission fluid. He liked working in relative
silence, nothing but the subtle sound of the cooling engine, his hands and
tools on the machine. Something about this girl, though, made him chatty.
“Where you goin’?”
“North,” she said. “All the way north.”
“You from around here?” He suddenly felt
self-conscious about his drawl, the hitch in his vowels, the overall lackluster
quality of his presence.
“Nope. You?”
About the Author:
Adi Alsaid was born and raised in Mexico City, then studied at the
University of Nevada, Las Vegas. While in class, he mostly read fiction and
continuously failed to fill out crossword puzzles, so it's no surprise that
after graduating, he did not go into business world but rather packed up his
apartment into his car and escaped to the California coastline to become a
writer.
He's now back in his hometown, where he writes, coaches high school and
elementary basketball, and has perfected the art of making every dish he eats
or cooks as spicy as possible. In addition to Mexico, he's lived in Tel Aviv,
Las Vegas, and Monterey, California. A tingly feeling in his feet tells him
more places will eventually be added to the list. Let's Get Lost is his YA
debut.
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