A YOUNG ADULT IMPRINT

BW • 6 x 9 • 240 pages
Grades: 9 to 12 / Ages: 14 to 18

Hardcover Jacket
978-1-77138-735-4 | May 2, 2017
List Price:
USD $17.95, CAD $18.95

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It’s bad enough when high-school senior Keeley grabs the wrong phone while leaving her small town’s end-of-summer fair. It’s even worse when she discovers that the phone she now has belongs to the obnoxious, self-centered Talon and that he’s just left for football camp … with her phone. Reluctantly, the two agree to forward messages for a week. And as Keeley gets to know Talon, she starts to like him. Keeley learns there’s more to Talon than the egocentric jock most people see. There’s more to Keeley, too. Texting Talon, she can step out of the shadow of her popular twin brother. Texting Talon, she can be the person she’s always wanted to be.

Sparks fly when the two finally meet to exchange their phones. But while Keeley has been playing a part online, Talon has been keeping a secret. He has a different connection to Keeley — one that has nothing to do with phones, and one that will make their new relationship all but impossible. Knowing what she now knows, can Keeley trust him? And can love in the present erase mistakes of the past?

Lindsey Summers’s page-turning romance is funny, surprising and full of heart. With its device-centered story, snappy dialogue, looping subplots and depiction of first love, this title offers something for every reader.

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Reviews & Awards

Reviews

“The author has taken a typical summer romance and made it fresh.”
School Library Journal, May 2017

Awards

2018 Young Adults' Choices List, International Literary Association, Winner

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CURRICULUM CONNECTIONS

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READING LEVELS

Guided Reading
Guided Reading Grade Level
Lexile Code
Lexile Level

Z+
HS-Adult
High-Low
500L

KEYWORDS

first love
crush
texting
football
high-school
flirting
fitting in
cyber-bullying