Before I Fall

Samantha Kingston is a senior at the top of her high school's social pyramid. February 12 is Cupid Day, when students trade valentines and roses, and for someone in her position it promises to be one long party. By the end of the night she is dead, killed in a terrible accident.

Then she wakes up the next morning, and it is February 12 again. Sam lives out the last day of her life seven times in all, each pass giving her a chance to see the day differently.

The book is young adult fiction with a speculative hook: a repeating day that works as a countdown. The story looks at love, death and the way one person's life touches many others. It is told around a single character, and the structure keeps the focus on one day and the people who fill it.

As the days repeat, Sam learns that even the smallest change can shift what happens around her. The question driving the book is how much power she holds, and what she will do with it before the repetition ends. Readers can expect a contemporary school setting, a popular girl as the lens, and a premise built on a loop rather than a long timeline.