By:Leigh N. Gallagher

Its the late ninetiesthe dawn of the internetand Judy and Meghan have lied to their mothers and run away for the weekend, to see a girl theyve met in a chat room. Meanwhile, twelve-year-old Cassie, desperately clinging to childhood hopes, travels deep into the Nevada desert to reunite with her real mother at a strange and isolated compound. And, across the country, Caleb, an entitled teenager, is miserable following his familys move from upper-crust San Francisco to boring Ann Arboruntil, emboldened by privilege, his tours of blighted Detroit become graffiti-writing escapades, with his faithful little brother in tow.

Each of these adventures derails in severe, alarming ways, only to resurface and collide two decades later in an unforgettable finale that explores the powerand limitsof the narratives that come to define us. Deftly written and peopled with precisely drawn, indelible characters pushed to great extremes,Who You Might Beconsiders the ramifications of lifes most trying encounters and the resilience it takes to determine for ourselves who we might be.