Tangled Roots & Wild Dreams
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Chapter Book · Ages 13–+ · 2026 · Est. 8.5 hour read

Tangled Roots & Wild Dreams

Written by Angela Velez

A teen juggling too many secrets lands a summer internship and an off-limits crush.

320 pages· 89,069 words· Est. 8.5 hour read· ~870L· AR 5.6 · 14 AR pts
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Bookroo's summary

Ezzie Ramos keeps a lot from her professor mother and nosy grandmother: her daily visits to the art museum, her blank college applications and her plan to avoid thinking about the future. When a secret summer internship and a crush she shouldn't have add to the lies, Ezzie has to work out what she really wants before everything unravels.

From the publisher

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. . . .

At a glance
Format
Hardcover
Pages
320
Words
89,069
Reading age
13–99+
Audience
Young Adult
Lexile
~870L
AR book level
5.6
AR points
14
AR quiz
559364
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Book details

Reading levels
F&P level
~U
AR interest level
UG
Publication
Published
June 16, 2026
Publisher
HarperCollins
Edition
Language
English
Type
Chapter Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780063071889

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