I Fell in Love with Hope

Lancali

A YA contemporary novel narrated by a teen named Sam who, after losing someone he loved to suicide, forms a tight-knit found family with fellow terminally and chronically ill patients in a hospital. When a new girl arrives and upends his vow never to love again, the group's shared rebellion against their illnesses and the time they have left takes on new stakes. The story is told in a poetic, fragmented prose style and blends themes of grief, friendship, and hope with a magical-realist twist revealed near the end.