Join us for a fabulous event with a debut author! Perfect for teens 13+, and forever YA fans of all ages. Someone Else's Summer - a wonderfully sensitive coming-of-age story - perfectly expresses the process of self-discovery and the importance of making the future your own. For fans of Julie Halpern, Morgan Matson, and Jandy Nelson, Bateman’s debut will have you turning pages well into the night. With a dose of romance and a splash of adventure, Anna will inspire you to dig deep and tackle your own bucket list.

Anna’s older sister (and idol), Storm, has just died in a tragic car accident on the night of her high school graduation. Anna is completely lost until she finds her sister’s summer bucket list and decides to honor her memory by trying to complete it. She and her neighbor (and sister’s lifelong best friend) Cameron set off on an epic cross-country journey (#9: Road Trip!) to the coast from her sleepy Iowa town.

As Anna completes more items on Storm’s list (keeping track with #2: Take pictures of EVERYTHING), the more she discovers about how far apart she and her sister had really grown. When she discovers that Storm was keeping a devastating secret—one that Cameron knew all along—Anna realizes that she needs to let go of the future that her sister created and figure out her own path in life.

Rachel Bateman grew up with an abundance of sisters, but an unfortunate lack of boys next door. Now she lives with her geek husband and young son in the middle of Montana, entirely too far from the ocean. When she's not writing, you can find Rachel sewing, wrangling chickens, or secretly planning her next road trip.