![]() "Hand to fans of Netflix hit Never Have I Ever. It's the tale of a young girl struggling with what her parents want from her, and what she wants from herself. Nandini, Cora and Karina are so lovely together (DIVERSITY FOR THE WIN), and it was so nice to see a high school book focused. The high school seemed normal as well, there wasn’t the typical mean girl who’s a cheerleader or the valedictorian to be. ![]() It's a letter of encouragement, a letter of resilience, a letter of independence. I adored that there were healthy girl friendships, with no drama. It truly is a letter to anyone who has ever struggled with parental expectations. "Hand to fans of Netflix hit Never Have I Ever." - Booklist 5/5: If I had to describe this in one phrase, I wouldn't say its a romance. "A must-have addition to any YA bookshelf." -Sabina Khan, author of Zara Hossain Is Here and The Love and Lies of Rukhsana Ali Book." -Mark Oshiro, award-winning author of Anger Is a Gift and Each of Us a Desert A complex psychological crime thriller full of twists and turns and packed with heart-pounding suspense, the MAYA GRAY mystery series will make you fall in. And Maya realizes, too late, that she herself may just be the target. Yet in a shocking twist, nothing is what it seems. T-minus twenty-eight days until everything returns to normal-but what if Karina no longer wants it to? This killer must be counting down according to the moon’s light. Though Karina agrees, she can’t help but start counting down the days until her parents come back. But Ace Clyde does everything right-he brings her coffee in the mornings, impresses her friends without trying, and even promises to buy her a dozen books (a week) if she goes along with his fake-dating facade. Pretending to date him? Out of the question. Tutoring the school’s resident bad boy was already crossing a line. Instead, one simple lie unravels everything. ![]() It didn’t win but I am glad it was nominated because I wouldn’t have found it otherwise. When her parents go abroad to Bangladesh for four weeks, Karina expects some peace and quiet. Dear Tashie Bhuiyan, I picked up your romantic contemporary YA novel, Counting Down with You, after it was nominated for the Goodreads Awards in the Young Adult Fiction category. Keep her head down, get through high school without a fuss, and follow her parents’ rules-even if it means sacrificing her dreams. How do you make one month last a lifetime? In this sparkling and romantic YA debut, a reserved Bangladeshi-American teenager has twenty-eight days to make the biggest decision of her life after agreeing to fake date her school’s resident bad boy. "A witty, romantic, deeply insightful debut." -Emma Lord, author of Tweet Cute
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