Algonquin Young Readers
June 2018
On Sale: June 12, 2018
352 pages ISBN: 1616206764 EAN: 9781616206765 Kindle: B075G62768 Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
Lizzy Swift is a senior in high school, shyly emerging from her nerd chrysalis to take her first gamble on the Argyll social scene. She braves a relationship with her longtime crush, Matt Ashley, and befriends the reckless, enigmatic senior transfer, Claire Reynolds, who introduces Lizzy to downtown Philadelphiaβits clubs, street life, and vibrant art scene. Soon art and passion take priority over homework, after-school jobs, and her longstanding Ivy League ambitions.
But almost as quickly, these delights and distractions are clouded by suspicions and doubts. Sometimes Lizzy feels that she and Matt are soul mates; other times it seems heβs holding back from her. Claire can be moody, and while she confesses bits and pieces of a breakup so heart-wrenching she changed schools, she wonβt tell Lizzy the whole story. Lizzy wants Claire to confide in her, even as she keeps her own secrets from her new best friend. When startling revelations inevitably come to light, they just might shatter these delicate bonds of love and passion, friendship and loyalty.
Set against the neon pop of the late eighties and told with authentic voice and inimitable prose, Adele Griffinβs heart-racing novel takes readers on a journey through the thrill of rebellion and the complications of first love.
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