Let's Get Lost
by Adi
Alsaid
Release Date: 07/29/14
Harlequin Teen
Summary from Goodreads:
Five strangers.
Countless adventures. One epic way to get lost.
Four teens across the country have only one thing in common: a girl named LEILA. She crashes into their lives in her absurdly red car at the moment they need someone the most.
There's HUDSON, a small-town mechanic who is willing to throw away his dreams for true love. And BREE, a runaway who seizes every Tuesday—and a few stolen goods along the way. ELLIOT believes in happy endings…until his own life goes off-script. And SONIA worries that when she lost her boyfriend, she also lost the ability to love.
Hudson, Bree, Elliot and Sonia find a friend in Leila. And when Leila leaves them, their lives are forever changed. But it is during Leila's own 4,268-mile journey that she discovers the most important truth— sometimes, what you need most is right where you started. And maybe the only way to find what you're looking for is to get lost along the way.
Four teens across the country have only one thing in common: a girl named LEILA. She crashes into their lives in her absurdly red car at the moment they need someone the most.
There's HUDSON, a small-town mechanic who is willing to throw away his dreams for true love. And BREE, a runaway who seizes every Tuesday—and a few stolen goods along the way. ELLIOT believes in happy endings…until his own life goes off-script. And SONIA worries that when she lost her boyfriend, she also lost the ability to love.
Hudson, Bree, Elliot and Sonia find a friend in Leila. And when Leila leaves them, their lives are forever changed. But it is during Leila's own 4,268-mile journey that she discovers the most important truth— sometimes, what you need most is right where you started. And maybe the only way to find what you're looking for is to get lost along the way.
About the Author
Adi Alsaid was born and raised in Mexico City, then studied at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. While in class, he mostly read fiction and continuously failed to fill out crossword puzzles, so it's no surprise that after graduating, he did not go into business world but rather packed up his apartment into his car and escaped to the California coastline to become a writer. He's now back in his hometown, where he writes, coaches high school and elementary basketball, and has perfected the art of making every dish he eats or cooks as spicy as possible. In addition to Mexico, he's lived in Tel Aviv, Las Vegas, and Monterey, California. A tingly feeling in his feet tells him more places will eventually be added to the list. Let's Get Lost is his YA debut.
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Adi Alsaid was born and raised in Mexico City, then studied at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. While in class, he mostly read fiction and continuously failed to fill out crossword puzzles, so it's no surprise that after graduating, he did not go into business world but rather packed up his apartment into his car and escaped to the California coastline to become a writer. He's now back in his hometown, where he writes, coaches high school and elementary basketball, and has perfected the art of making every dish he eats or cooks as spicy as possible. In addition to Mexico, he's lived in Tel Aviv, Las Vegas, and Monterey, California. A tingly feeling in his feet tells him more places will eventually be added to the list. Let's Get Lost is his YA debut.
Let's Get Lost Website!
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Adi Alsaid's Writing Process:
What’s
my writing process? It’s easy. Like Hemingway said, I just sit at a typewriter
and bleed. Except I do the modern version, which is I go to a coffee shop, open
my computer, and stare.
I
grew up as a basketball player, and the training I did as a teen helped to
discipline me to keep a consistent schedule for writing. Especially on first
drafts, I write every single day, with very few exceptions made; special
events, travel, uninspired days where it’s useless to try to churn something
out (note, on these days, I’ll still sit there and stare for a few hours until
I admit to myself it’s just not happening).
I
prefer working in public, since staring is just more interesting out and about
in the world than in my living room. Like everything else, I make exceptions to
this, too. Sometimes I just feel like making a pot of coffee and blasting music
as I write, rather than listening through headphones. Sometimes the Mexico City
rainy season makes me feel like protesting the weather by staying in (I’m not
someone who thrives or finds inspiration in rainy days—give me sun and warmth),
sometimes I feel like my wallet needs a break from all the coffee shop
excursions.
There
are also the occasional manic bursts of productivity, where no matter where I
am or what the situation is, the writing is coming, and it’s best to let it out
until it runs dry. This happens sometimes on flights, at late night outings,
or, recently, at five in the morning after a night of board games with friends.
My
main guideline is easy: To write well, do it often.
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