Year Everything Changed

Ellie Mercer starts freshman year with one goal: become someone new.After an awkward middle school experience, Ellie is determined to stop being the girl who gets overlooked. When she starts getting attention from a charming boy and finds herself pulled toward a more confident, popular crowd, high school begins to feel like the fresh start she always wanted.But reinvention comes with a cost.As Ellie drifts from the best friend who knew her before, chases the thrill of finally being noticed, and tries to keep up with the version of herself she thinks everyone wants, she starts to realize that fitting in is not the same as belonging. And the more she changes for other people, the harder it becomes to recognize who she really is.Honest, emotional, and deeply relatable, The Year Everything Changed is a coming-of-age story about friendship, first heartbreak, insecurity, and what it means to grow up without losing yourself.