Interlude

This book, fitting into the same niche as John Greens The Fault in Our Stars and Jennifer Nivens All the Bright Places, will be a must-read for those fans." School Library Journal When Mia Cox finds out she cant donate her kidney to save her younger sisters life, she doesnt hesitate to jump on a plane to New York, convinced she can talk their estranged birth mother, Carmen, into donating hers instead. She doesnt know the city or how shell find Carmen when she gets there, but she has to try. If she doesnt, Maddys going to die. On the cross-country flight, Mia figures shell have more than enough time to make a plan for when she landswhere shell go, where shell sleep, what shell eat. But then she falls into an embarrassing conversation with the cute boy sitting next to her, and only after she insults him does she realize hes the one and only Jaxton Scott, the troubled lead singer of a famous rock band she hates. While Mia is running toward what she hopes is a cure for her sister, Jax is running away from his rockstar life. As the hours pass, they get to know each other, and she finds herself opening up to him like she never has to anyone. When Jax volunteers to help Mia on the rest of her journey, shes hesitant to accept his offer. Under different circumstances, she would want to get to know him better, but how can she entertain this random crush on a real-life rockstar while Maddy lies in the hospital, her name one of many on a never-ending transplant list? Though everything seems perfect while theyre in the air, once on the ground again, Mias lack of preparation catches up with her, and she receives grave news from home. Clinging to the shred of hope she has left, she accepts Jaxs help but makes it clear that her priority is finding Carmen and saving Maddys life. She will not, under any circumstances, stray from her mission no matter how cute, thoughtful, and sweet her new friend may be.