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list price: $9.95
edition:Paperback
also available: Hardcover eBook
category: Young Adult Fiction
published: Mar 2006
ISBN:9781551435268
publisher: Orca Book Publishers

Crush

by Carrie Mac

tagged: lgbt, self-esteem & self-reliance, new experience
Description

Because of a moment of indiscretion, Hope's parents send her to New York to spend the summer with her hipster sister while they travel to Thailand. Miserable, Hope ends up meeting Nat, and developing a powerful crush. The only problem is that Nat is a girl. Hope is pretty sure she isn't gay. Or is she? Struggling with new feelings, fitting in and a strange city far from home, Hope finds that love—and acceptance—comes in many different forms.

About the Author

Carrie Mac's first novel The Beckoners won the Arthur Ellis YA Award, is a CLA Honour book. She is available for school and library presentations, and has been known to hold the interest of a couple hundred teens where others have failed. Maybe it's the tattoos. For more information, visit www.carriemac.com.

Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
Age:
12 to 18
Grade:
8 to 12
Reading age:
12 to 18
Awards
  • Commended, Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) Quick Picks
  • Commended, Resource Links, The Year's Best Books
Editorial Reviews

"Absolutely charming...Mac infuses so much passion and heart into...this witty, entertaining glimpse into one kid’s summer of discovering that 'life is really hard if you’re a person who's alive.'"

— Gerogia Straight

"[A] strong story of love and sexual identity, rooted in well-drawn characters and well-imagined situations."

— Quill & Quire

"A bright, lovely novel...well thought out."

— Hi-Rise

"This book achieves the goal of providing a provocative storyline with high teen appeal...Recommended."

— CM Magazine

“I was impressed by this book and how it handled a sensitive and potentially awkward situation.”

— Resource Links

"An emotionally complex story. Communal living, drug addiction, and, of course, the lesbian content will all be sure-fire discussion points, and these same elements, especially the hot romance, make this an intriguing book for fluent and struggling readers alike."

— The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

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