Finding Jupiter

Kelis Rowe

ISBN 10: 0593568052 / ISBN 13: 9780593568057

Verlag: Crown Books For Young Readers Penguin Random House Mai 2022, 2022

Beschreibung

Neuware -Sparks fly when Orion and Ray meet for the first time at a roller rink in Memphis. But these star-crossed souls have a past filled with secrets that threaten to tear them apart before their love story even begins. Found poetry, grief, and fate collide in this powerful debut.Ray: Just once I d like my birthday to be about me, and not the day my father died. I want to be Ray Jr., the tall girl from Memphis with the poetry beats and the braids that stay poppin . And when I meet Orion at the skating rink, that s exactly who I am. He pulls my hand, and instead of being defined by my past, he races me toward my future.Orion: When I dive into the pool, it s just me and my heartbeat. There s no dad, no dead sister, and no distracting noises. But I can t hold my breath forever. And since I met Ray, I don t want to. The closer we get, though, the more I see I m not the only one caught in her wake.With a lyrical blend of found poetry and poignant prose and the addition of black and white illustrations, this stunning debut captures young Black love and a decades-old family secret that may shatter a romance that feels written in the stars. 320 pp. Englisch.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780593568057

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Finding Jupiter
• Verlag: Crown Books For Young Readers Penguin Random House Mai 2022
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2022
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0593568052
• ISBN-13: 9780593568057
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu
• Abmessungen: 207B x 138 H x 21 T Millimeter Breite: 207 mm, Höhe: 138 mm, Tiefe: 21 mm
• Gewicht: 314 Gramm

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Sparks fly when Orion and Ray meet for the first time at a roller rink in Memphis. But these star-crossed souls have a past filled with secrets that threaten to tear them apart before their love story even begins. Found poetry, grief, and fate collide in this powerful debut.

Ray: Just once I’d like my birthday to be about me, and not the day my father died. I want to be Ray Jr., the tall girl from Memphis with the poetry beats and the braids that stay poppin’. And when I meet Orion at the skating rink, that’s exactly who I am. He pulls my hand, and instead of being defined by my past, he races me toward my future.

Orion: When I dive into the pool, it’s just me and my heartbeat. There’s no dad, no dead sister, and no distracting noises. But I can’t hold my breath forever. And since I met Ray, I don’t want to. The closer we get, though, the more I see I’m not the only one caught in her wake.

With a lyrical blend of found poetry and poignant prose and the addition of black and white illustrations, this stunning debut captures young Black love and a decades-old family secret that may shatter a romance that feels written in the stars.

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KELIS ROWE lives and writes out of her home in Austin, Texas, suburbia and spends her summers traveling with her husband and son. During her past life as a market research analyst, Kelis kept her creative juices flowing after-hours as a blogger and YouTuber, which included a two-year stint as one of twenty national Clinique Beauty Brand Insiders and a brief assignment as an Austin Honeybee for Honey Magazine. Kelis grew up in Memphis, where she had her first big love as a teenager. She did not see herself or her big love reflected in the pages of a YA novel at the time and now writes contemporary YA to give Black young people more reflections of themselves and their love to enjoy. Follow her at @KelisRowe on Twitter and Instagram.