Tangled Roots & Wild Dreams

By Angela Velez

Price: $27.99

On Sale: 6/16/2026

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Tangled Roots & Wild Dreams

By Angela Velez

Price: $27.99

On Sale: 6/16/2026

About the Book

Never Have I Ever meets Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute in this hilarious and moving YA coming-of-age about a girl juggling way too many lies, one very off-limits crush, and a secret summer internship—all while steering clear of the dreaded f-word: her future.

Ezzie Ramos is a champion secret keeper. Her brilliant-professor mami and nosy abuelita don’t know about her daily ritual (wandering the art museum), her college applications (hopelessly blank), or her summer plans (avoiding the dreaded f-word, a.k.a. her future, at all costs).

Ezzie’s biggest secret? She’s interning at Sprout, the urban garden she’s stunned to discover her father founded weeks before his death. All she knows about Papi begins and ends with his dazzling scientific research legacy—but what if he dreamed of a different path too?

With seven weeks to uncover who Papi really was, Ezzie must chase down every lead, even if it means tangling with Sprout’s star volunteer, Gabe McCalister, who couldn’t be more off-limits—or distractingly cute. But as Ezzie begins to put down roots at Sprout, she learns that secrets, like seeds, have a way of growing toward the light. . . .

Product Details

ISBN: 9780063071919
Imprint: HarperCollins
On Sale: Jun 16, 2026
List price: $27.99
Trim Size: 1.000 in (w) x 1.000 in (h) x 1.000 in (d)
BISAC 1: YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / General (see also headings under Social Themes) *
BISAC 2: YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Hispanic & Latino
BISAC 3: YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Death, Grief, Bereavement
BISAC 4:
BISAC 5:

Angela Velez

Biography

Angela Velez is the author of Lulu and Milagro’s Search for Clarity and Tangled Roots & Wild Dreams. She grew up in Baltimore under the watchful eye of her Peruvian immigrant parents and now teaches creative writing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She lives in Durham with her mountains of quilting fabric, two plastic flamingos, and one wobbly disco ball. You can visit her online at angelavelez.com.

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About the Book

Never Have I Ever meets Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute in this hilarious and moving YA coming-of-age about a girl juggling way too many lies, one very off-limits crush, and a secret summer internship—all while steering clear of the dreaded f-word: her future.

Ezzie Ramos is a champion secret keeper. Her brilliant-professor mami and nosy abuelita don’t know about her daily ritual (wandering the art museum), her college applications (hopelessly blank), or her summer plans (avoiding the dreaded f-word, a.k.a. her future, at all costs).

Ezzie’s biggest secret? She’s interning at Sprout, the urban garden she’s stunned to discover her father founded weeks before his death. All she knows about Papi begins and ends with his dazzling scientific research legacy—but what if he dreamed of a different path too?

With seven weeks to uncover who Papi really was, Ezzie must chase down every lead, even if it means tangling with Sprout’s star volunteer, Gabe McCalister, who couldn’t be more off-limits—or distractingly cute. But as Ezzie begins to put down roots at Sprout, she learns that secrets, like seeds, have a way of growing toward the light. . . .

Product Details

ISBN: 9780063071919
Imprint: HarperCollins
On Sale: Jun 16, 2026
List price: $27.99
Trim Size: 1.000 in (w) x 1.000 in (h) x 1.000 in (d)
BISAC 1: YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Family / General (see also headings under Social Themes) *
BISAC 2: YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Hispanic & Latino
BISAC 3: YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Death, Grief, Bereavement
BISAC 4:
BISAC 5:

Angela Velez

Biography

Angela Velez is the author of Lulu and Milagro’s Search for Clarity and Tangled Roots & Wild Dreams. She grew up in Baltimore under the watchful eye of her Peruvian immigrant parents and now teaches creative writing at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She lives in Durham with her mountains of quilting fabric, two plastic flamingos, and one wobbly disco ball. You can visit her online at angelavelez.com.

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