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421 pp.
| Simon Pulse
| April, 2018
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TradeISBN 978-1-4814-7880-9$17.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-4814-7882-3
(3)
YA
When astronomy-loving seventeen-year-old Zorie Everhart joins a "glamping" trip in Northern California, she gets stranded in the wilderness with her former best friend/crush Lennon Mackenzie. Luckily, he has survival skills, and over challenging terrain and under meteor showers, Zorie and Lennon rekindle their relationship and divulge family secrets. Romance and survival are entwined with issues of divorce and betrayal in this appealing realistic novel.
391 pp.
| Simon Pulse
| April, 2017
|
TradeISBN 978-1-4814-7877-9$17.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-4814-7879-3
(3)
YA
When Bailey moves to her online crush/fellow film aficionado Alex's California hometown, she chooses not to tell him. Plans to surreptitiously track Alex down go awry when Bailey lands a busy job and lets cocky surfer-boy coworker Porter get under her skin. But readers know what the protagonists do not, and watching "Alex's" true identity surface is the fun of this breezy, movie-ready romance.
(4)
YA
Outside the hospital where she practices her anatomy drawing, seventeen-year-old aspiring medical illustrator Beatrix meets mysterious Jack, a Buddhist graffiti artist and the son of San Francisco's mayor. As Bex learns about Jack's tragic family secrets, she discovers some her single mother has been hiding from her. The resolution of these dramas feels sappy, but steamy romance and an interesting premise will attract readers.