Missed Connections

A compulsively readable young adult novel with a magical twist that follows a teenage runaway who finds herself stuck in an airport where every flight takes her to a different memory.

Jasmine Nur will do anything to escape her childhood home—even flee in the middle of the night with her bags packed, anxiety weighing down her chest. She heads for LaGuardia Airport, ready to sacrifice everything she’s ever known in the hopes of starting anew. But every time she attempts to board her flight, she wakes up back at her gate. Again, and again, and again. 

Stuck in airport limbo, Jasmine meets other teenagers in the same boat, including Logan Mercier, a college student who’s perfectly content to stay in the airport forever. Upon discovering the other flights take her and her new friends to memories they’d rather forget, Jasmine must decide how far she’s willing to go to escape the airport—and if she’s capable of facing the horrors that sent her running in the first place.

For readers who have ever felt stuck, literally or metaphorically, comes a coming-of-age tale that sweetly spotlights how sometimes, what you need has been in your hands the whole time.

Releasing Spring 2027 from FSG at Macmillan.