Late to the Party

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Call Number: Teen Fiction / Quindlen, Kelly, Teen Book / Fiction / General / Quindlen, Kelly
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown Teen, 1st Floor 4-week checkout	Teen Fiction / Quindlen, Kelly	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Teen Books 4-week checkout	Teen Book / Fiction / General / Quindlen, Kelly	4-week checkout	On Shelf

"Seventeen is nothing like Codi Teller imagined. She’s never crashed a party, never stayed out too late. She’s never even been kissed. And it’s not just because she’s gay. It’s because she and her two best friends, Maritza and JaKory, spend more time in her basement watching Netflix than engaging with the outside world. So when Maritza and JaKory suggest crashing a party, Codi is highly skeptical. Those parties aren’t for kids like them. They’re for cool kids. Straight kids. But then Codi stumbles upon one of those cool kids, Ricky, kissing another boy in the dark, and an unexpected friendship is formed. In return for never talking about that kiss, Ricky takes Codi under his wing and draws her into a wild summer filled with late nights, new experiences, and one really cute girl named Lydia. The only problem? Codi never tells Maritza or JaKory about any of it. From author Kelly Quindlen comes a poignant and deeply relatable story about friendship, self-acceptance, what it means to be a Real Teenager. Late to the Party is an ode to late bloomers and wallflowers everywhere" -- Amazon.

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the ache caused by nostalgia submitted by bookasaurusray on July 27, 2022, 12:13am This book made me ache for my teenage years, which are way far off now. But I wish I had a book like this when I was younger. It made me wish for things I never got to do back then. It's a beautiful queer coming-of-age about self-discovery and friendship, and I hope to read it again soon.