Aurelia Wills is the author of two Pushcart Prize-nominated stories. Her work has been published in the Kenyon Review, The Common, CALYX, Hayden's Ferry Review, and other journals and in the anthology American Fiction, Volume 12. She has taught ESL to immigrants and creative writing through the Loft Literary Center. About this book, she says, "I wanted to write an honest story about adolescence, particularly about a kid who has to find her own way without much guidance." Someone I Wanted to Be is her first novel. She spent her childhood summers at camp in the Colorado mountai
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When an insecure teen starts impersonating someone else, her life spirals dangerously out of control in a realistic, relatable novel about finding yourself—and discovering your true friends. Leah Lobermier dreams of becoming a doctor, but it’s... SEE MORE