“A literary super-duo.”—Los Angeles Times

“A clever, timely story that will attract any teen with a Facebook account.”—Booklist, starred review


Josh and Emma are about to discover themselves—fifteen years in the future.

It's 1996, and Josh and Emma have been neighbors their whole lives. They've been best friends almost as longat least, up until last November, when everything changed. Things have been awkward ever since, but when Josh's family gets a free AOL CD-ROM in the mail, his mom makes him bring it over so that Emma can install it on her new computer. When they sign on, they're automatically logged onto Facebook . . . but Facebook hasn't been invented yet. Josh and Emma are looking at themselves fifteen years in the future.

Their spouses, careers, homes, and status updatesit's all there. And every time they refresh their pages, their futures change. As they grapple with the ups and downs of what their lives hold, they're forced to confront what they're doing rightand wrongin the present.
© Sonya Sones
Jay Asher's debut YA novel, Thirteen Reasons Why, has appeared regularly on the New York Times bestseller list for the past nine years. It has sold over 2.5 million copies in the United States alone and is currently in production to be a 13-part series on Netflix. His second YA novel, The Future of Us, was coauthored with Printz Honor winner Carolyn Mackler. He is also the author of What Light. His novels have been translated into 35 languages.   Visit his blog at www.jayasher.blogspot.com and follow him on Twitter @jayasherguy. View titles by Jay Asher
Carolyn Mackler has written feature articles for JumpMs., and The Los Angeles Times. Mackler is known for her novels Infinite in Between, The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things, Tangled, Guyaholic, and many other titles. Her books have been published in over twenty countries. Mackler was born in New York.  View titles by Carolyn Mackler
“These two top-of their-game authors don’t disappoint.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review

“A clever, timely story that will attract any teen with a Facebook account.”—Booklist, starred review

“A literary super-duo.”—Los Angeles Times

“A romantic comedy about the risk of sacrificing moments of happiness in the present by living for the future.”—Shelf Awareness

“A tremendously likable, soul-searching romantic comedy.”—School Library Journal

“Two of YA’s most compelling writers . . . a definite ‘LIKE.’”—Family Circle

“Without question a page-turner.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Demonstrates that the future is fascinating even after it becomes somebody else’s present.”—Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

About

“A literary super-duo.”—Los Angeles Times

“A clever, timely story that will attract any teen with a Facebook account.”—Booklist, starred review


Josh and Emma are about to discover themselves—fifteen years in the future.

It's 1996, and Josh and Emma have been neighbors their whole lives. They've been best friends almost as longat least, up until last November, when everything changed. Things have been awkward ever since, but when Josh's family gets a free AOL CD-ROM in the mail, his mom makes him bring it over so that Emma can install it on her new computer. When they sign on, they're automatically logged onto Facebook . . . but Facebook hasn't been invented yet. Josh and Emma are looking at themselves fifteen years in the future.

Their spouses, careers, homes, and status updatesit's all there. And every time they refresh their pages, their futures change. As they grapple with the ups and downs of what their lives hold, they're forced to confront what they're doing rightand wrongin the present.

Author

© Sonya Sones
Jay Asher's debut YA novel, Thirteen Reasons Why, has appeared regularly on the New York Times bestseller list for the past nine years. It has sold over 2.5 million copies in the United States alone and is currently in production to be a 13-part series on Netflix. His second YA novel, The Future of Us, was coauthored with Printz Honor winner Carolyn Mackler. He is also the author of What Light. His novels have been translated into 35 languages.   Visit his blog at www.jayasher.blogspot.com and follow him on Twitter @jayasherguy. View titles by Jay Asher
Carolyn Mackler has written feature articles for JumpMs., and The Los Angeles Times. Mackler is known for her novels Infinite in Between, The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things, Tangled, Guyaholic, and many other titles. Her books have been published in over twenty countries. Mackler was born in New York.  View titles by Carolyn Mackler

Praise

“These two top-of their-game authors don’t disappoint.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review

“A clever, timely story that will attract any teen with a Facebook account.”—Booklist, starred review

“A literary super-duo.”—Los Angeles Times

“A romantic comedy about the risk of sacrificing moments of happiness in the present by living for the future.”—Shelf Awareness

“A tremendously likable, soul-searching romantic comedy.”—School Library Journal

“Two of YA’s most compelling writers . . . a definite ‘LIKE.’”—Family Circle

“Without question a page-turner.”—Kirkus Reviews

“Demonstrates that the future is fascinating even after it becomes somebody else’s present.”—Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books

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