Falling Like Leaves

Gilmore Girls meets Jenny Han in this "delightfully autumnal small-town romance" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) about a city girl stuck in a quaint small town who must confront her future and her old flame while the town prepares for an annual fall festival.

Ellis has a plan: spend her senior fall prepping her application for Columbia, get into their journalism program, and set the foundation for a respectable career. So when her parents announce that not only are they separating, but Ellis has to move with her mom from New York City to Bramble Falls, Connecticut, to live with her aunt and cousin, it couldn't come at a worse time.

From past summers spent in Connecticut, Ellis knows Bramble Falls is idyllic and charming. But it also seems to be full of distractions. There's local barista Cooper Barnett, Ellis's one-time best friend and first kiss who now wants nothing to do with her. And then there's the Falling Leaves Festival, a local autumnal celebration run by Ellis's aunt where people from all over come to see Bramble Falls's beautiful foliage. The house is stuffed with decorations, and every conversation seems to center around the festival.

Dragged to every oh-so-charming event from apple picking to pumpkin carving, Ellis can't stop bumping into Cooper...or falling for the quaint town and its quirky residents. As her return to Manhattan gets repeatedly delayed, Ellis finds herself caught between two very different places-and the futures they represent.

About the author

Misty Wilson

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"Warm, sweet, and brimming with heart, FALLING LIKE LEAVES is the perfect friends-to-lovers story to curl up with on a chilly Fall day. You'll be kicking your feet for Ellis and Cooper to the end!" Eva Des Lauriers, author of

Product details

• Authors: Misty Wilson, Misty Wilson
• Publisher: McElderry Margareth
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 13 to 17
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2025
• EAN: 9781665975193
• ISBN: 978-1-66597-519-3
• Dimensions: 141 mm x 210 mm x 21 mm
• Series: Bramble Falls
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Young people's books from 12 years of age; YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Romance / Contemporary, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Lifestyles / City & Town Life, Holidays & seasonal interest, Romance & relationships stories (Children's / Teenage), People & places (Children's / Teenage), Holidays and celebrations, Children’s / Teenage general interest: City and town life, YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Holidays & Celebrations, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Relationship stories