Six critically acclaimed, bestselling, and award-winning authors bring the glowing warmth and electricity of Black teen love to this interlinked novel of charming, hilarious, and heartwarming stories that shine a bright light through the dark.
From acclaimed author Ashley Woodfolk comes an impassioned story about queer love, loss, and the complexity of female friendship that will keep your heart racing, and breaking, until the very last page.
Meet the Flyy Girls. The group of girls who seem like they can get away with anything. Veteran author Ashley Woodfolk pens a gorgeous and dynamic series of four Harlem high-schoolers, each facing a crossroads of friendship, family, and love.
For fans of Nina LaCour’s We Are Okay and Adam Silvera’s History Is All You Left Me, 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.
Told from three diverse points of view, this story of life and love after loss is one Angie Thomas, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hate U Give, believes “will stay with you long after you put it down.”
ANTHOLOGIES
PRAISE FOR…
FLYY GIRLS:
“Woodfolk creates an authentic cast of characters that reluctant readers will engage with from the opening scene.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“A speedy read about girls who rule the school.”
—The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
“Woodfolk’s latest offers a heart-wrenching story of redemption and renewal.”
—Booklist Reviews
“In LUX, the first book in a fresh and relatable new series, Ashley Woodfolk effortlessly explores the complexities of fitting in, starting over and finding yourself, as well as your people. Young readers will most definitely want to join the FLYY Girls crew.”
—Kristina Forest author of I Wanna Be Where You Are and Now That I’ve Found You
WHEN YOU WERE EVERYTHING:
“A breathtakingly beautiful and intimate story that drills into the complex layers of friendship and loyalty. Woodfolk has a way of making words sing and burst with light.”
—Tiffany D. Jackson, award-winning author of Monday's Not Coming and Let Me Hear A Rhyme
“A deeply nuanced portrait of friendship, growth and the intolerable discomfort of change, When You Were Everything may be a story about a fight but it’s one where you find yourself on everybody’s side. This is a heady, heart-squelching book. I loved it.”
— Mary H.K. Choi, New York Times bestselling author of Emergency Contact and Permanent Record
“A stunning story that speaks to the deeply human need to love and be loved in myriad ways—and to the power we each wield over those closest to us.”
—Nic Stone, New York Times bestselling author of Dear Martin and Jackpot
“A hugely evocative and deeply relatable elegy to friendship, heartbreak, and love, this book is gorgeous in every way.”
—Jennifer E. Smith, author of Windfall and Field Notes on Love
“When You Were Everything digs in to what makes a friend break-up feel life-shattering. Exquisite, intimate, and vulnerable, this story will surely stick with readers long after they finish it.”
—Mark Oshiro, award-winning author of Anger is A Gift
“Ashley Woodfolk's When You Were Everything is a nuanced view of the complicated layers of teenage friendship. In gorgeous, evocative prose, Woodfolk explores the different types of love that feed, wound, and heal us.”
—Brandy Colbert, award-winning author of Little & Lion and The Revolution of Birdie Randolph
THE BEAUTY THAT REMAINS:
“The self- and life-defining nature of grief and loss captured so well by authors such as John Green is explored here with humor, intelligence, and grace.”
—School & Library Journal, Starred Review
“A gut-wrenching tear-jerker that teens are sure to love. ”
—VOYA
“An ambitious debut from a writer to watch.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Lucid and deeply satisfying.”
—Booklist
“An emotional, must-read story.”
—Bustle.com
“Wrenching, heartfelt, and vividly human.”
—Becky Albertalli, New York Times bestselling author of Simon Vs. the Homo-Sapien Agenda
“Burns warm and bright with the fires of loss, love, and longing and hums with poetry and song.”
—Jeff Zentner, Morris Award-winning author of The Serpent King
“This book hurts so good.”
—Julie Murphy, New York Times bestselling author of Ramona Blue and Dumplin’
“Be prepared to be broken, be prepared to feel whole again.”
—Angie Thomas, New York Times bestselling author of The Hate U Give
“Haunting and powerful. ”
—Dhonielle Clayton, author of The Belles series and co-author of the Tiny Pretty Things series