Little, Brown Books for Young Readers 9780759557611
To All the Boys Ive Loved Before meets Since Youve Been Gone in this effervescent romance about childhood best friends reconnecting, full of sunny days, warm nights, first kisses, and mended hearts. Lou Patterson and Sam Alvarez were inseparablethe best of friendsuntil the most embarrassing middle school promposal ever. Now, four years later, Lou is an introverted romantic whos bearing the weight of her mothers expectations. Meanwhile, Sam is the golden boy with plenty of friends whos still mourning the death of his father. When Lou finds the bucket list she and Sam wrote together as kids, shes disappointed to see that she hasnt accomplished a single one of her goals. Go to a party? Nope. Pull the greatest prank of all time? Still no. Learn how to be a really good kisser? Definitely not. Lou sets out to finish the list, and in a stroke of fate, Sam decides to tag along, stirring up old arguments and some very new feelings. But with the bucket list to guide them, Sam and Lou might just be able to find a way toward the future and each other.
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers 9781368046114
For fans of Gilmore Girls and To All the Boys Ive Loved Before, this effervescent love story from debut author Nina Moreno will sweep you away. Rosa Santos is cursed by the seaat least, thats what they say. Dating her is bad news, especially if youre a boy with a boat. But Rosa feels more caught than cursed. Caught between cultures and choices. Between her abuela, a beloved healer and pillar of their community, and her mother, an artist who crashes in and out of her life like a hurricane. Between Port Coral, the quirky South Florida town they call home, and Cuba, the island her abuela refuses to talk about. As her college decision looms, Rosa collidesliterallywith Alex Aquino, the mysterious boy with tattoos of the ocean whose family owns the marina. With her heart, family, and future on the line, can Rosa break a curse and find her place beyond the horizon?