Every old thing has a story. Some stories aren’t finished yet. Twelve-year-old best friends Ruby Bennett and Clara Nguyen are back at Yesterday’s Closet, where one mysterious vintage rack can send them straight into somebody else’s unfinished story. This time, a neon windbreaker sends them to 1986—a world of mall arcades, cassette tapes, roller rinks, photo booths, and one friendship that is about to change. Tessa’s best friend Jenny is moving away, and Tessa has decided it will hurt less if she ends the friendship first. No goodbye. No last Saturday. No chance to be left behind. But Ruby and Clara are beginning to understand something important: helping someone does not mean choosing for them. As Tessa struggles with anger, fear, and the truth about what it means to miss someone, Ruby discovers she may have some fears of her own. And just when the girls think they understand why the rack brought them to 1986, a mysterious photograph points toward a much older story—one that began long before Ruby, Clara, Mae, or Evelyn ever found Yesterday’s Closet. Warm, funny, mysterious, and full of heart, Mixtapes & Mall Days is the second adventure in The Vintage Vibe Club, a middle-grade time-travel series about friendship, courage, change, and the stories hidden inside ordinary things.