Kate Fussner

Three years after her older sister Lily died, Nina is still working through Lily's secret Before Birthday lists, and on a trip to Paris each task she finishes magically pulls her back into her memories, even as a crush on her art classmate Sylvie pulls her toward the present.

This queer retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice follows two seventh graders in a secret relationship. After a fight breaks them apart, they take turns narrating as each struggles with identity, belonging, and a hard family situation.