Maybe Tomorrow I’ll Know

The consciousness of a teenage boy stuck in a girl’s body—and in a time loop—searches for a way to return to his original vessel in this fresh and clever speculative romance from Ritany (Dead Girls Don’t Say Sorry). Awakening in an unknown girl’s body and driving a car, Laurie panics and crashes the vehicle into a ditch. He’s helped by friendly stranger Gideon, who gives Laurie a place to stay for the night—only for Laurie to wake up driving the same car again the next morning. Shocked to find that he has few memories of his life before now, Laurie struggles to break the cycle, eventually learning that the body he’s inhabiting belongs to Calgary high school senior Valerie. One morning after multiple loops, Gideon recognizes Laurie, and the protagonist realizes that Gideon, too, has been pulled into the time loop. Simultaneously, Laurie suspects that he must find Valerie, whose consciousness is likely trapped in Laurie’s body. Ritany injects surprising and satisfying twists into the well-trod Groundhog Day trope. This insightful novel, populated by honest teens with magnetic chemistry, culminates in a mind-bending reflection of identity. Laurie as Valerie reads as white; Gideon is “part Indigenous.” Ages 14–up. Agent: Jenna Sattherwait, Storm Literary. (Apr.)