Crashing into You [Hardcover]

In this fiercely moving YA romance novel, Leti Rivera's love of street racing is put to the test when tragedy strikes her family and threatens to tear her apart from the boy she's falling for.

Seventeen-year-old Leti Rivera dreams of becoming a famous female street racer. Her brother taught her how to drive so fast that nothing can catch her.

But when Jacob Fleckenstein crashes into her life, Leti starts to think that running isnt always the answer. Together, inside her car, they both feel like theyre flying, and Jacobs gentleness and honesty threaten Letis vow to keep her heart tight in her fist and her grief locked away.

Yet after tragedy strikes following a race, Leti blames herself and swears an oath, a juramento, to give up driving. But will she be able to keep her promise when racing could be the very thing that saves Jacob . . . and herself? Perfect for fans of Netflix'sAtypicalandI Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter.

Rocky Callen, the daughter of an Ecuadorian immigrant, interned at NASA at 12 years old. She was a behavioral coach for over ten years. She received an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and lives outside of Washington, DC with her husband and two kids. Rocky founded the HoldOn2Hope Project, which unites creatives in suicide prevention and mental health awareness. She is the author ofA Breath Too Lateand the contributing co-editor ofAb(solutely) Normal: Sixteen Stories that Smash Mental Health Stereotypes. Follow her on TikTok and Instagram.

A 2026 Texas TAYSHAS Reading List Pick
ASchool Library JournalBest Book of the Year

* An Ecuadorian cultural infusion and great autistic representation layer with busy, realistic-feeling teens, a complex but ultimately hopeful family dynamic, and a lightning-fast plot for a powerful emotional payoff about the consequences of losing ones self. Booklist,starredreview

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