Waiting on Wednesday: Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson

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Waiting on Wednesday features Rise to the Sun by Leah Johnson. Ms. Johnson made her debut with, You Should See Me in a Crown, which earned a Stonewall Honor and was named an ALA Rainbow List Top Ten Selection. Her sophomore novel, Rise to the Sun releases on July 6. Here's the publisher synopsis: "Four days. Two girls. One life-changing music festival.Toni is grieving the loss of her roadie father and needing to figure out where her life will go from here — and she's desperate to get back to loving music. Olivia is a hopeless romantic whose heart has just taken a beating (again) and is beginning to feel like she'll always be a square peg in a round hole — but the Farmerland music festival is a chance to find a place where she fits.

The two collide and it feels like something like kismet when a bond begins to form. But when a gun misfires and the festival is sent into a panic, Olivia and Toni will find that they need each other (and music) more than they ever imagined."

I absolutely adored You Should See Me in a Crown and can't wait for this one.