The Breakfast Club meets Five Feet Apart in this big-hearted novel from debut author Gretchen Schreiber.

Ellie Haycock has always separated her life into sections: Ellie at home and Ellie at the hospital. At home, Ellie is a proud member of her high schools speech and debate team alongside her best friend and her boyfriend. At the hospital, Ellie has a team of doctors and a mom who wont stop posting about the details of her illness online. Its not hard for Ellie to choose which of the two she prefers.

But this latest hospital stay is different. Ellie becomes close with a group of friends, including Ryan, a first-timer whos still optimistic about the doctors that Ellie stopped trusting years ago. Despite their differences, she cant seem to keep him out of her head. Ellies life has never been ordinarybut maybe this time it will be extraordinary.