In "Maybe This Time" by Kasie West, 17-year-old Sophia is tasked with helping her mother renovate a rundown house, which leads her to confront her own life’s apprehensions. As she navigates the world of home improvement, she unexpectedly finds herself working alongside popular boy, and her former crush, Andrew. Amidst the challenges of transforming the house, Sophia begins to unravel her hopes and dreams, and the story explores themes of second chances and self-discovery. As she and Andrew form a bond, Sophia is faced with the question of whether she can embrace love and possibility—maybe this time will be different. [Generated by language model - please report any problems].

This book is aimed at children at US 7th grade+.

This book has been graded for interest at 13-17 years.

There are 368 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2020 by Scholastic US .

Kasie West lives with her family in central California, where the heat tries to kill her with its 115-degree stretches. She graduated from Fresno State University with a BA degree that has nothing to do with writing.