College freshman Barrett Bloom (white, Jewish) is starting the University of Washington intent on reinventing herself, or at least others’ perceptions of her. But her first day of class begins with the late arrival of a new roommate: Lucie Lamont, who was once Barrett’s friend but long ago left Barrett behind. In Intro to Physics, Barrett sits next to a guy who ends up embarrassing her in front of the class. Her interview to work for the campus paper starts out great, but she sees the moment the editor’s interest starts to wane. And Barrett’s spur-of-the-moment decision to attend a frat party ends in flames … literally. To her dismay, Barrett wakes up the next morning to discover it’s still the first day of class. Trapped in a time loop, she learns she isn’t alone. Miles (Japanese American/white, Jewish), the guy from Physics, is trapped, too. Miles is eager for Barrett to help him research the problem; eventually, however, she convinces Miles that they should live every day to the fullest. All the while, they share their pasts and their hopes and their fears, from Barrett’s loneliness and the sexist online abuse she endured at the end of high school to Miles’s worries about his older brother, Max, just out of rehab for the fourth time. And all the while, they are falling in love. Sharp, funny writing buoys a novel that is both entertaining and substantial. (Age 13 and older)

A New York Times bestseller!

From the author of Today Tonight Tomorrow comes a magical, “emotionally savvy[,] and genuinely romantic” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) story in the vein of Groundhog Day about a girl forced to relive her disastrous first day of college—only to discover that her nemesis is stuck in the time loop with her.

Barrett Bloom is hoping college will be a fresh start after a messy high school experience. But when school begins on September 21st, everything goes wrong. She’s humiliated by the know-it-all in her physics class, she botches her interview for the college paper, and at a party that night, she accidentally sets a frat on fire. She panics and flees, and when she realizes her roommate locked her out of their dorm, she falls asleep in the common room.

The next morning, Barrett’s perplexed to find herself back in her dorm room bed, no longer smelling of ashes and crushed dreams. It’s September 21st. Again. And after a confrontation with Miles, the guy from Physics 101, she learns she’s not alone—he’s been trapped for months.

When her attempts to fix her timeline fail, she agrees to work with Miles to find a way out. Soon they’re exploring the mysterious underbelly of the university and going on wild, romantic adventures. As they start falling for each other, they face the universe’s biggest unanswered question yet: what happens to their relationship if they finally make it to tomorrow?