Kim Spencer
March 24th, 2025

Kim Spencer has followed up her multi-award-winning YA debut novel about a young girl, Mia, growing up in Prince Rupert in the 1980s, Weird Rules to Follow (Orca, 2022), and the later novel set in 1989, I Won’t Feel This Way Forever (Orca, 2025), with Here for a Good Time (Swift Water Books/Penguin Random House $26.99). In the third installment, due out in May 2026, an Indigenous girl faces difficult issues as she navigates through her late teen years, starting in 1990. The story tells how Morgan, a resident of Prince Rupert takes care of her father while attending school, dealing with intergenerational trauma and experiencing young love. A new connection helps her in the face of tragedy and Morgan works her way through to a fresh start based on love and forgiveness. Spencer is from the Gitxaala Nation in northwest BC and now lives in Vancouver. 9781774887806
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