the resolutions

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From hiking trips to four-person birthday parties to never-ending group texts, Jess, Lee, Ryan, and Nora have always been inseparable. But now, with senior year on the horizon, they’ve been growing apart. And so, as always, Jess makes a plan.

Reinstating their usual tradition of making resolutions together on New Year’s Eve, Jess adds a new twist: instead of making their own resolutions, the four friends assign them to one another—dares like kiss someone you know is wrong for you, find your calling outside your mom’s Puerto Rican restaurant, finally learn Spanish, and say yes to everything.

But as the year unfolds, Jess, Lee, Ryan, and Nora each tests the bonds that hold them together. And amid first loves, heartbreaks, and life-changing decisions, beginning again is never as simple as it seems.

Content Warning: Description of Anxiety and anxiety attacks.

REVIEWS & BLURBS

“Mia García writes with heart and understanding. THE RESOLUTIONS unravels the lives of four teens in their search for self-love and their place in a world that feels both big and small. Inspiring and heartwarming.” —Zoraida Córdova, award-winning author of the Brooklyn Brujas series  

“Mia García has captured the tenuous lives of young people with a beautiful examination of friendships. Emotional and honest, The Resolutions confirms García’s spot as contemporary YA's exciting new talent.” —Lilliam Rivera, author of The Education of Margot Sanchez 

“García perfectly captures the lives of four teens navigating the bonds of friendship.” —Jenny Torres Sanchez, author of The Fall of Innocence

“The Resolutions is a best-friends story for the ages, with honest, flawed, and startlingly vivid characters who barge into your heart and make them-selves at home, heartbreak that will have you reaching for ice cream and tissues, and first loves that will have even the cynic in you believing.” —Tehlor Kay Mejia, author of We Set the Dark on Fire

* “Riveting and heartrending. This celebration of Latinx culture and the power of a community to create healing and growth is recommended as a first purchase.” —School Library Journal, starred review!

“A warm, comforting story of identity and self-discovery.” —Booklist