theaverage_iliterate
Alison "Allie" Rhodes and Augustus "Auggie" Sterling have been inseparable since they were two years old. They were the kind of best friends who felt more like family, until Augustus' family moved back to England during middle school, leaving Allie behind with a friendship that suddenly existed only in memories.
Nearly seven years later, Augustus is back.
But the boy Allie once knew is no longer the same. Now a junior in high school, Allie has grown into her own person, finding comfort in books, music, and soccer while building a life without the best friend she thought she would always have. Meanwhile, Augustus has returned with a new reputation as one of the school's most popular students and a standout player on the soccer team.
As they try to rebuild the friendship they lost, Allie and Augustus must learn who the other has become rather than holding onto the versions of each other they remember. But with years of history between them and feelings that have quietly existed since childhood, staying "just friends" becomes harder than either of them expected.
Will they find their way back to the friendship that once meant everything, or will the lives they've built apart prove too different to bring them together? Between new relationships, old memories, and feelings they can no longer ignore, Allie and Augustus must decide whether some connections are worth fighting for.