Boys I Know

Boys I Know
Anna Gracia
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Hardback
h203 x 133mm - 352pg
5 Jul 2022 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9781682633717
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"Fresh, funny, and fearless. " -Sarah Kuhn, From Little Tokyo, with Love"An honest, humorous story full of candor. " -Suzanne Park, author Sunny Song Will Never be Famous"Funny, sex-positive, and poignant. " -Sonia Hartl, author of The Lost Girls? A high school senior navigates messy boys and messier relationships in this bitingly funny and much-needed look into the overlap of Asian American identity and teen sexuality. June Chu is the "just good enough" girl. Good enough to line the shelves with a slew of third-place trophies and steal secret kisses from her AP Bio partner, Rhys. But not good enough to meet literally any of her Taiwanese mother' s unrelenting expectations or to get Rhys to commit to anything beyond a well-timed joke. While June' s mother insists she follow in her (perfect) sister' s footsteps and get a (full-ride) violin scholarship to Northwestern (to study pre-med), June doesn' t see the point in trying too hard if she' s destined to fall short anyway. Instead, she focuses her efforts on making her relationship with Rhys "official. " But after her methodically planned, tipsily executed scheme explodes on the level of a nuclear disaster, she flings herself into a new relationship with a guy who' s not allergic to the word girlfriend. But as the line between sex and love blurs, and pressure to map out her entire future threatens to burst, June will have to decide on whose terms she' s going to live her life-even if it means fraying her relationship with her mother beyond repair.
"Fresh, funny, and fearless-a knockout novel about finding the courage to declare your place in the world. " -Sarah Kuhn, From Little Tokyo, with Love "An honest, humorous story full of candor that explores the pressures of growing up Asian American, teen identity and sexuality, and finding room to forge your own path when you have no life roadmap. Gracia doesn' t shy away from the awkwardness, messiness and confusion of adolescence-perfect for fans of Sonia Hartl and David Yoon. " -Suzanne Park, author Sunny Song Will Never be Famous "Funny, sex-positive, and poignant. Boys I Know is an honest coming of age story about identity, sexuality, and the often-complicated parts of growing up and finding yourself. A touching exploration of the way teens navigate different relationships in their lives, and what it really means to not settle. " -Sonia Hartl, author ofThe Lost Girls
Anna grew up biracial in the Midwest, spending her formative years repeatedly answering the question, "What are you? " Before finding her way as a YA author, she was a CPA, a public school teacher, a tennis coach, and for one glorious summer, a waitress at a pie shop. She now lives on the West Coast, raising three kids and writing stories about girls navigating a world full of double standards.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781682633717
Published: 5 Jul 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Peachtree Publishers
Publisher: Peachtree Publishers,U.S.
Format: Hardback
Height: 203mm
Width: 133mm
Weight: 567g
Pages: 352

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