Synopsis: Shana Wilde has always had a blind spot for boys. Can she trust the one who’s right in front of her?
Shana is officially on a Boy Moratorium. After a devastating breakup, she decides it’s time to end the plague of Mr. Wrongs and devote herself to her true passion: photography. Enter Quattro, the undeniably intriguing lacrosse player who slams into Shana one morning in Seattle. Sparks don’t simply fly; they ignite—and so does Shana’s interest. But just as she’s about to rethink her ban on boys, she receives crushing news: Her dad is going blind. Shana and her parents vow to make the most of the time her father has left to see, so they plan a photo safari to Machu Picchu. But even as Shana travels away from Quattro, she can’t get him out of her mind. Love and loss, humor and heartbreak collide in this new novel from acclaimed author Justina Chen (North of Beautiful).
EXCERPT
“You know what a good daughter would do right now, don’t
you?” Mom whispered as she laced up her hiking boots the next morning. The air
was so cold that her words left breathy traces inside the tent.
In response, I managed a one-note grunt that spanned sigh,
question, and groan. Freezing, I wished I were burrowed deep in my sleeping
bag, but I pulled on another layer of fleece before shaking out my rain gear.
She yawned widely before narrating what must have been a
really great dream: “A good daughter would go and forage for coffee for her
feeble mother.”
“As if you’re feeble—“
Out of nowhere came an immense roar. The thunderstorm of the
century. The snapping of bones. Hundreds of bones.
“Get out!” Dad flung open the tent flap from where he had
stood outside to step into his rain pants. In a blur of movement he yanked Mom
and me up, but Mom’s feet got tangled in her bag. He all but hoisted her into
his arms and lugged us out of the tent.
She protested, “Wait! Our stuff!”
“Leave it,” Dad ordered, dragging us.
“Mudslide!” I heard someone yell, the alarm echoed in other
languages.
About the Author
Justina Chen is an award-winning novelist for young adults whose books include A Blind Spot for Boys, Return to Me, and North of Beautiful (a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus and Barnes & Noble). Her other novels are Girl Overboard (a Junior Library Guild premiere selections) and Nothing but the Truth (and a few white lies), which won the Asian Pacific American Award for Literature.
A passionate advocate of teen advocacy, Justina co-founded readergirlz, a cutting-edge literacy and social media project for teens, which won the National Book Foundation’s Prize for Innovations in Reading.
When she isn’t writing for teens, Justina is an executive communications strategista. That’s a fancy way of saying that she helps leaders tell their stories at companies like Disney and AT+T, NASDAQ and Microsoft. What she enjoys best is trekking the world with her two compadres, her teen kids.
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