You Say It First

An addictive, irresistible YA novelabout two teens from different worlds who fall for each other after a voterregistration call turns into a long-distance romance-from Katie Cotugno, the New York Times bestselling author of 99 Days. Perfect for fans of Mary H. K. Choi, Robin Benway, and Nicola Yoon. One conversation can changeeverything. Meg has her entire life set up perfectly: she and her best friend, Emily, plan to head to Cornell together in the fall, and she works at a voterregistration call center in her Philadelphia suburb.
But everything changeswhen one of those calls connects her to a stranger from small-town Ohio. Colby is stuck in a rut, reeling from a family tragedy and working adead-end job. The last thing he has time for is some privileged rich girlpreaching the sanctity of the political process. So he says the worst thing hecan think of and hangs up. But things don't end there..That night on the phone winds up being the first in a series of candid, sometimes heated, always surprising conversations that lead to a long-distancefriendship and then-slowly-to something more.
Across state lines and phonelines, Meg and Colby form a once-in-a-lifetime connection. But in the end, arethey just too different to make it work?You Say It First is a propulsive, layered novel about how sometimes the person who has the least in common withus can be the one who changes us most.