But that was years ago and time has found them far apart, leading separate lives. If they had tried to really know each other, if it had just been them, and not the others. In Paris With You by Clémentine BeauvaisĮugene and Tatiana could have fallen in love, if things had gone differently. As he tries to pick up the pieces, he realizes it might be time to stop hiding behind his snarky opinions and start living his life-along with the people who have found their way into his heart. Not to mention Aarti the Manic Pixie Dream Girl, who might, in fact, be a real love interest in the making.īut the night of the prom, Norris screws everything up royally. Yet against all odds, those labels soon become actual people to Norris…like loner Liam, who makes it his mission to befriend Norris, or Madison the beta cheerleader, who is so nice that it has to be a trap.
Making a ton of friends has never been a priority for him, and this way he can at least amuse himself until it’s time to go back to Canada, where he belongs. Plunked into a new high school and sweating a ridiculous amount from the oppressive Texas heat, Norris finds himself cataloging everyone he meets: the Cheerleaders, the Jocks, the Loners, and even the Manic Pixie Dream Girl. A Black French Canadian, he knows from watching American sitcoms that those three things don’t bode well when you are moving to Austin, Texas. Norris Kaplan is clever, cynical, and quite possibly too smart for his own good. The Field Guide To the North American Teenager by Ben Philippe Because she can’t heal one without hurting the other. In the place of his anger and her guilt, something frighteningly tender begins to develop, drawing them ever closer together.īut when a new secret comes out about the murder, Brooke has to choose whose pain she’s willing to live with-her family’s or Heath’s. Soon, they’re meeting in secret, despite knowing that both families would be horrified if they found out. Her brother, alive but gone his brother, dead but everywhere. She needs someone to talk to…and so does Heath. When Brooke encounters Calvin’s younger brother, Heath, on the side of the road and offers him a ride, everything changes. Brooke’s only solace remains the ice-skating rink where she works, but she no longer lets herself dream about a future skating professionally. Brooke and her family became social pariahs, broken and unable to console one another. Even If I Fall by Abigail JohnsonĪ year ago, Brooke Covington lost everything when her beloved older brother, Jason, confessed to the murder of his best friend, Calvin. January 8 Black Enough edited by Ibi Zoboiīlack is…sisters navigating their relationship at summer camp in Portland, Oregon, as written by Renée Watson.īlack is…three friends walking back from the community pool talking about nothing and everything, in a story by Jason Reynolds.īlack is…Nic Stone’s high-class beauty dating a boy her momma would never approve of.īlack is…two girls kissing in Justina Ireland’s story set in Maryland.īlack is urban and rural, wealthy and poor, mixed race, immigrants, and more-because there are countless ways to be Black enough. Two friends find themselves tempted by love that defies the rules in this steamy romance perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Simone Elkeles. So why can’t she stop thinking about her hot, know-it-all tutor? At least she’s got Willa, her constant in the chaos. Flor Hidalgo has a lot on her plate: her breakup with Zach, her dad’s new dating life, and her struggling grades.
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