LibGuides: TAYSHAS Reading List: 2019

TAYSHAS Reading List 2019

TAYSHAS 2019

A Land of Permanent Goodbyes by Atia Abawi
The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo*
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Love, Hate & Other Filters by Samira Ahmed
Speak : the Graphic Novel by Laurie Halse Anderson
Fatal Throne : the Wives of Henry VIII Tell All by M. T. Anderson, et al.*
We Are All That's Left by Carrie Arcos
Brazen : Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World by Penelope Bagieu*
The Special Ones by Em Bailey
A Psalm For Lost Girls by Katie Bayerl
Starry Eyes by Jenn Bennett*
Far From the Tree by Robin Benway
Starfish by Akemi Dawn Bowman*
A Heart in a Body in the World by Deb Caletti
Not If I Save You First by Ally Carter
#NotYourPrincess : Voices of Native American Women by Lisa Charleyboy & Marth Beth Leatherdale, editors
To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo
The Last Namsara by Kristen Ciccarelli
The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton
The Love Letters of Abelard and Lily by Laura Creedle
An Uninterrupted View of the Sky by Melanie Crowder
Losers Bracket by Chris Crutcher
Tiffany Sly Lives Here Now by Dana L. Davis
The Unlikelies by Carrie Firestone
American Road Trip by Patrick Flores-Scott
Caraval by Stephanie Garber
The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene Goo
Invictus by Ryan Graudin
Royals by Rachel Hawkins
She Rides Shotgun by Jordan Harper
When Life Gives You Demons by Jennifer Honeybourn
Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
Mary's Monster : Love, Madness, and How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein by Lita Judge
Dare Mighty Things by Heather Kaczynski
Tradition by Brendan Kiely
Dear Rachel Maddow by Adrienne Kisner

Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealth with Family Addiction by Jarrett J. Krosoczka*
Cadaver & Queen by Alisa Kwitney
Autoboyography by Christina Lauren
Mercy Rule by Tom Leveen
Ginny Moon by Benjamin Ludwig
Bang by Barry Lyga
I Am Still Alive by Kate Alice Marshall
Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough
Camp Valor by Scott McEwen
What I Leave Behind by Alison McGhee
A Blade So Black by L. L. McKinney
When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
The Stars at Oktober Bend by Glenda MIllard
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Voices in the Air : Poems for Listeners by Naomi Shihab Nye
There There by Tommy Orange
The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X. R. Pan
Boots on the Ground : America's War in Vietnam by Elizabeth Partidge*
This Story is a Lie by Tom Pollock
I Have the Right To : a High School Survivor's Story of Sexual Assault, Justice, and Hope by Chessy Prout with Jenn Abelson
A Short History of the Girl Next Door by Jared Reck
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds*
After the Shot Drops by Randy Ribay
Always Forever Maybe by Anica Mrose Rissi
Americanized : Revel Without a Greencard by Sara Saedi
I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter Erika L. Sanchez
Not Even Bones by Rebecca Schaeffer
The 57 Bus by Dashka Slater
The Summer of Jordi Perez (And the Best Burger in Los Angeles) by Amy Spalding
What the Night Sings by Vesper Stamper
Disappeared by Francisco X. Stork
Price of Duty by Todd Strasser
Chasing King's Killer : the Hunt for Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Assassin by James L. Swanson
The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
Educated : a Memoir by Tara Westover*
Pride by Ibi Zoboi*

Titles in BLUE are available through Unger Memorial Library and may be print books, e-books, or audio books (CD and electronic).

*Denotes a TAYSHAS Top Ten Book which are selected from those which received a unanimous vote in the committee's initial voting process.

Autoboyography

Autoboyography [E-Book] by Christina Lauren
Call Number: OverDrive E-Book
ISBN: 9781481481700
Publication Date: 2017-09-12
Three years ago, Tanner Scott’s family relocated from California to Utah, a move that nudged the bisexual teen temporarily back into the closet. Now, with one semester of high school to go, and no obstacles between him and out-of-state college freedom, Tanner plans to coast through his remaining classes and clear out of Utah. But when his best friend Autumn dares him to take Provo High’s prestigious Seminar—where honor roll students diligently toil to draft a book in a semester—Tanner can’t resist going against his better judgment and having a go, if only to prove to Autumn how silly the whole thing is. Writing a book in four months sounds simple. Four months is an eternity. It turns out, Tanner is only partly right: four months is a long time. After all, it takes only one second for him to notice Sebastian Brother, the Mormon prodigy who sold his own Seminar novel the year before and who now mentors the class. And it takes less than a month for Tanner to fall completely in love with him.

The Belles

The Belles [E-Book] (The Belles #1) by Dhonielle Clayton
Call Number: OverDrive E-Book
ISBN: 9781484732496
Publication Date: 2018-02-01
Camellia Beauregard is a Belle. In the opulent world of Orleans, Belles are revered, for they control Beauty, and Beauty is a commodity coveted above all else. In Orleans, the people are born gray, they are born damned, and only with the help of a Belle and her talents can they transform and be made beautiful. But it's not enough for Camellia to be just a Belle. She wants to be the favorite—the Belle chosen by the Queen of Orleans to live in the royal palace, to tend to the royal family and their court, to be recognized as the most talented Belle in the land. But once Camellia and her Belle sisters arrive at court, it becomes clear that being the favorite is not everything she always dreamed it would be. Behind the gilded palace walls live dark secrets, and Camellia soon learns that the very essence of her existence is a lie—that her powers are far greater, and could be more dangerous, than she ever imagined. And when the queen asks Camellia to risk her own life and help the ailing princess by using Belle powers in unintended ways, Camellia now faces an impossible decision. With the future of Orleans and its people at stake, Camellia must decide—save herself and her sisters and the way of the Belles—or resuscitate the princess, risk her own life, and change the ways of her world forever.

A Blade So Black

A Blade So Black by L. L. McKinney
Call Number: YA F MKI-LL N1 (Young Adult Fiction)
ISBN: 9781250153906
Publication Date: 2018-09-25
This isn't the Wonderland you remember. The first time the Nightmares came, it nearly cost Alice her life. Now she's trained to battle monstrous creatures in the dark dream realm known as Wonderland with magic weapons and hardcore fighting skills. Yet even warriors have a curfew. Life in real-world Atlanta isn't always so simple, as Alice juggles an overprotective mom, a high-maintenance best friend, and a slipping GPA. Keeping the Nightmares at bay is turning into a full-time job. But when Alice's handsome and mysterious mentor is poisoned, she has to find the antidote by venturing deeper into Wonderland than she's ever gone before

Blood Water Paint

Blood Water Paint by Joy McCullough
Call Number: YA F MCU-J (Young Adult Fiction)
ISBN: 9780735232112
Publication Date: 2018-03-06
In Renaissance Italy, Artemisia Gentileschi endures the subjugation of women that allows her father to take credit for her extraordinary paintings, rape and the ensuing trial, and torture, buoyed by her deceased mother's stories of strong women of the Bible.

Boots on the Ground

Boots on the Ground by Elizabeth Partridge
Call Number: YA B PAR
ISBN: 9780670785063
Publication Date: 2018-04-10
An exploration of the Vietnam War from many different perspectives including an American soldier, a nurse, and a Vietnamese refugee.

Caraval

Caraval [E-Book] by Stephanie Garber
Call Number: OverDrive E-Book
ISBN: 9781250095275
Publication Date: 2017-01-31
Scarlett has never left the tiny island where she and her beloved sister, Tella, live with their powerful, and cruel, father. Now Scarlett’s father has arranged a marriage for her, and Scarlett thinks her dreams of seeing Caraval, the far-away, once-a-year performance where the audience participates in the show, are over. But this year, Scarlett’s long-dreamt of invitation finally arrives. With the help of a mysterious sailor, Tella whisks Scarlett away to the show. Only, as soon as they arrive, Tella is kidnapped by Caraval’s mastermind organizer, Legend. It turns out that this season’s Caraval revolves around Tella, and whoever finds her first is the winner. Scarlett has been told that everything that happens during Caraval is only an elaborate performance. But she nevertheless becomes enmeshed in a game of love, heartbreak, and magic with the other players in the game. And whether Caraval is real or not, she must find Tella before the five nights of the game are over, a dangerous domino effect of consequences is set off, and her sister disappears forever. Welcome, welcome to Caraval . . . beware of getting swept too far away.

Children of Blood and Bone

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Call Number: Juv F ADE (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9781250170972
Publication Date: 2018-03-06
Seventeen-year-old Zélie, her older brother Tzain, and rogue princess Amari fight to restore magic to the land and activate a new generation of magi, but they are ruthlessly pursued by the crown prince, who believes the return of magic will mean the end of the monarchy.
Children of Blood and Bone [Streaming audio] by Tomi Adeyemi
Call Number: YA F ADE-T L1 Audiobk (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9781427295507
Publication Date: 2018

Educated : a Memoir

Educated : a memoir by Tara Westover
Call Number: BIO WESTO TAR E (Adult biography)
ISBN: 9780399590511
Publication Date: 2018-02-20
Born to survivalists in the mountains of Idaho, Tara Westover was seventeen the first time she set foot in a classroom. Her family was so isolated from mainstream society that there was no one to ensure the children received an education, and no one to intervene when one of Tara’s older brothers became violent. When another brother got himself into college, Tara decided to try a new kind of life. Her quest for knowledge transformed her, taking her over oceans and across continents, to Harvard and to Cambridge University. Only then would she wonder if she’d traveled too far, if there was still a way home.
Educated [Streaming Audiobook] : a memoir by Tara Westover
Call Number: BIO WESTO TAR E Audiobk (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9780525528081
Publication Date: 2018

Far From the Tree

Far from the Tree [E-Book] by Robin Benway
Call Number: OverDrive E-Book
ISBN: 9780062330642
Publication Date: 2017-10-03
Being the middle child has its ups and downs.

But for Grace, an only child who was adopted at birth, discovering that she is a middle child is a different ride altogether. After putting her own baby up for adoption, she goes looking for her biological family, including— Maya, her loudmouthed younger bio sister, who has a lot to say about their newfound family ties. Having grown up the snarky brunette in a house full of chipper redheads, she’s quick to search for traces of herself among these not-quite-strangers. And when her adopted family’s long-buried problems begin to explode to the surface, Maya can’t help but wonder where exactly it is that she belongs. And Joaquin, their stoic older bio brother, who has no interest in bonding over their shared biological mother. After seventeen years in the foster care system, he’s learned that there are no heroes, and secrets and fears are best kept close to the vest, where they can’t hurt anyone but him.

Ginny Moon

Ginny Moon [Streaming audiobook] by Benjamin Ludwig
Call Number: FIC LUDWI BEN GI Audiobk (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9781488202919
Publication Date: 2018
Meet Ginny Moon. She’s mostly your average teenager—she plays flute in the high school band, has weekly basketball practice, and reads Robert Frost poems in English class. But Ginny is autistic. And so what’s important to her might seem a bit…different: starting every day with exactly nine grapes for breakfast, Michael Jackson, her baby doll, and crafting a secret plan of escape. After being traumatically taken from her abusive birth mother and moved around to different homes, Ginny has finally found her "forever home"—a safe place with parents who will love and nurture her. This is exactly what all foster kids are hoping for, right? But Ginny has other plans. She’ll steal and lie and exploit the good intentions of those who love her—anything it takes to get back what’s missing in her life. She’ll even try to get herself kidnapped.

A Heart in a Body in the World

A Heart in a Body in the World by Deb Caletti
Call Number: J-Fiction CA (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9781481415200
Publication Date: 2018-09-18
Followed by Grandpa Ed in his RV and backed by her brother and friends, Annabelle, eighteen, runs from Seattle to Washington, D.C., becoming a reluctant activist as people connect her journey to her recent trauma.

Hey, Kiddo

Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Call Number: YA B KRO-J (Young adult biography)
ISBN: 9780545902472
Publication Date: 2018-10-09
The graphic novel memoir of Jarrett Krosoczka and the challenges that his mother's heroin addiction brought to his family.
Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka
Call Number: Juv B KRO (Juvenile Fiction)
ISBN: 9780545902472
Publication Date: 2018-10-09
The graphic novel memoir of Jarrett Krosoczka and the challenges that his mother's heroin addiction brought to his family.

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter

I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter [OverDrive Audiobook] by Erika L. Sánchez
Call Number: OverDrive Audiobook
ISBN: 9781524782252
Publication Date: 2017
Perfect Mexican daughters do not go away to college. And they do not move out of their parents’ house after high school graduation. Perfect Mexican daughters never abandon their family. But Julia is not your perfect Mexican daughter. That was Olga’s role. Then a tragic accident on the busiest street in Chicago leaves Olga dead and Julia left behind to reassemble the shattered pieces of her family. And no one seems to acknowledge that Julia is broken, too. Instead, her mother seems to channel her grief into pointing out every possible way Julia has failed. But it’s not long before Julia discovers that Olga might not have been as perfect as everyone thought. With the help of her best friend, Lorena, and her first love (first everything), Connor, Julia is determined to find out. Was Olga really what she seemed? Or was there more to her sister’s story? And either way, how can Julia even attempt to live up to a seemingly impossible ideal?

Little Fires Everywhere

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Call Number: Fiction N5753L (Adult Fiction)
ISBN: 9780735224292
Publication Date: 2017-09-12
In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned - from the layout of the winding roads, to the colors of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is playing by the rules. Enter Mia Warren - an enigmatic artist and single mother - who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenaged daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the mother-daughter pair. But Mia carries with her a mysterious past and a disregard for the status quo that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community. When old family friends of the Richardsons attempt to adopt a Chinese-American baby, a custody battle erupts that dramatically divides the town--and puts Mia and Elena on opposing sides.
Little Fires Everywhere [E-Book] by Celeste Ng
Call Number: OverDrive E-Book
ISBN: 9780735224308
Publication Date: 2017
Little Fires Everywhere [Streaming Audiobook] by Celeste Ng
Call Number: OverDrive Audiobooks
ISBN: 9780525498094
Publication Date: 2017

Long Way Down

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Call Number: YA F REY-J (Young Adult Fiction)
ISBN: 9781481438254
Publication Date: 2017-10-24
As Will, fifteen, sets out to avenge his brother Shawn's fatal shooting, seven ghosts who knew Shawn board the elevator and reveal truths Will needs to know.
Long Way Down [E-Book] by Jason Reynolds
Call Number: OverDrive E-Book
ISBN: 9781481438278
Publication Date: 2017-10-24
Long Way Down [Streaming Audiobook] by Jason Reynolds
Call Number: OverDrive Audiobook
ISBN: 9781508241607
Publication Date: 2017

Love, Hate & Other Filters

Love, Hate and Other Filters [Streaming Audiobook] by Samira Ahmed
Call Number: OverDrive Audiobook
ISBN: 9781616958480
Publication Date: 2018
American-born 17-year-old Maya Aziz is torn between worlds. There's the proper one her parents expect for their good Indian daughter: attending a college close to their suburban Chicago home and being paired off with an older Muslim boy who's "suitable" to her mother. And then there is the world of her dreams: going to film school and living in New York City - and maybe, just maybe, pursuing a boy she's known from afar her entire life who's suddenly falling into her orbit at school. But unbeknownst to Maya, there is a danger looming beyond her control. When a terrorist attack occurs in another Midwestern city, the prime suspect happens to share her last name. In an instant, Maya's community, consumed by fear and hatred, becomes unrecognizable, and her life changes forever.

The Love Letters of Abelard and Lily

The Love Letters of Abelard and Lily [E-Book] by Laura Creedle
Call Number: OverDrive E-Books
ISBN: 9781328829061
Publication Date: 2017-12-26
When Lily Michaels-Ryan ditches her ADHD meds and lands in detention with Abelard, she's intrigued - he seems 30 seconds behind while she feels 30 seconds ahead. It doesn't hurt that he's brilliant and beautiful. When Abelard posts a quote from The Letters of Abelard and Heloise online, their mutual affinity for ancient love letters connects them. The two fall for each other. Hard. But is it enough to bridge their differences in person?

Monday's Not Coming

Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
Call Number: YA F JAC-TD (YA Fiction)
ISBN: 9780062422682
Publication Date: 2019-04-23
Monday Charles is missing, and only Claudia seems to notice. Claudia and Monday have always been inseparable—more sisters than friends. So when Monday doesn’t turn up for the first day of school, Claudia’s worried.
Monday's Not Coming [OverDrive Audiobook] by Tiffany D. Jackson; Imani Parks (Read by)
Call Number: OverDrive Audiobook
ISBN: 9780062841964
Publication Date: 2018-05-22

Not Even Bones

Not Even Bones [E-Book] by Rebecca Schaeffer
Call Number: OverDrive E-Books
ISBN: 9781328863591
Publication Date: 2018-09-04
Nita doesn't murder supernatural beings and sell their body parts on the internet - her mother does that. Nita just dissects the bodies after they've been "acquired". Until her mom brings home a live specimen and Nita decides she wants out; dissecting a scared teenage boy is a step too far. But when she decides to save her mother's victim, she ends up sold in his place - because Nita herself isn't exactly "human". She has the ability to alter her biology, a talent that is priceless on the black market. Now on the other side of the bars, if she wants to escape, Nita must ask herself if she's willing to become the worst kind of monster.

Poet X

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo
Call Number: YA F ACE-E
ISBN: 9780062662804
Publication Date: 2018-03-06
Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking.
The Poet X [CD] by Elizabeth Acevedo (Read by)
Call Number: CD Fiction AC (Adult Audiobook CD)
ISBN: 9781538500231
Publication Date: 2018-03-06
Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves, she has learned to let her fists and her fierceness do the talking.
The Poet X [E-Book] by Elizabeth Acevedo
Call Number: YA F ACE-E Ebook (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9780062662828
Publication Date: 2018-03-06
The Poet X [streaming audiobook] by Elizabeth Acevedo (Read by); TBD (Read by)
Call Number: YA F ACE-E Audiobk (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9780062822482
Publication Date: 2018-03-06

She Rides Shotgun

She Rides Shotgun [E-Book] by Jordan Harper
Call Number: OverDrive E-Books
ISBN: 9780062394422
Publication Date: 2017-06-06
Eleven-year-old Polly McClusky is shy, too old for the teddy bear she carries with her everywhere, when she is unexpectedly reunited with her father, Nate, fresh out of jail and driving a stolen car. He takes her from the front of her school into a world of robbery, violence, and the constant threat of death. And he does it to save her life. Nate made dangerous enemies in prison—a gang called Aryan Steel has put out a bounty on his head, counting on its members on the outside to finish him off. They’ve already murdered his ex-wife, Polly’s mother. And Polly is their next target. Nate and Polly’s lives soon become a series of narrow misses, of evading the bad guys and the police, of sleepless nights in motels. Out on the lam, Polly is forced to grow up early: with barely any time to mourn her mother, she must learn how to take a punch and pull off a drug-house heist. She finds herself transforming from a shy little girl into a true fighter. Nate, in turn, learns what it’s like to love fiercely and unconditionally—a love he’s never quite felt before. But can their powerful bond transcend the dangerous existence he’s carved out for them? Will they ever be able to live an honest life, free of fear?

Starfish

Starfish by Bowman, Akemi Dawn
Call Number: YA F BOW-AD (Young Adult Fiction)
ISBN: 9781481487726
Publication Date: 2017-09-26
Kiko Himura yearns to escape the toxic relationship with her mother by getting into her dream art school, but when things do not work out as she hoped Kiko jumps at the opportunity to tour art schools with her childhood friend, learning life-changing truths about herself and her past along the way.

The Summer of Jordi Perez (And the Best Burger in Los Angeles)

The Summer of Jordi Perez (and the best burger in Los Angeles [Streaming Audiobook] by Amy Spalding
Call Number: OverDrive Audiobooks
ISBN: 9781982501273
Publication Date: 2018
Seventeen, fashion-obsessed, and gay, Abby Ives has always been content playing the sidekick in other people’s lives. While her friends and sister have plunged headfirst into the world of dating and romances, Abby’s been happy to focus on her plus-size style blog and her dreams of taking the fashion industry by storm. When she lands a great internship at her favorite boutique, she’s thrilled to take the first step toward her dream career. Then she falls for her fellow intern, Jordi Perez. Hard. And now she’s competing against the girl she’s kissing to win the coveted paid job at the end of the internship. But really, nothing this summer is going as planned. She also unwittingly becomes friends with Jax, a lacrosseplaying bro-type who wants her help finding the best burger in Los Angeles, and she’s struggling to prove to her mother—the city’s celebrity health nut—that she’s perfectly content with who she is. Just as Abby starts to feel like she’s no longer the sidekick in her own life, Jordi’s photography surprisingly puts her in the spotlight. Instead of feeling like she’s landed a starring role, Abby feels betrayed. Can Abby find a way to reconcile her positive yet private sense of self with the image others have of her?

There, There

There There by Tommy Orange
Call Number: FIC ORANG TOM TH (Adult Fiction)
ISBN: 9780525520375
Publication Date: 2018-06-05
Twelve Native Americans came to the Big Oakland Powwow for different reasons. Jacquie Red Feather is newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left behind in shame. Dene Oxendene is pulling his life together after his uncle's death and has come to work the powwow and to honor his uncle's memory. Edwin Frank has come to find his true father. Bobby Big Medicine has come to drum the Grand Entry. Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield has come to watch her nephew Orvil Red Feather. Orvil has taught himself Indian dance through YouTube videos, and he has come to the powwow to dance in public for the very first time. Tony Loneman is a young Native American boy whose future seems destined to be as bleak as his past, and he has come to the Powwow with darker intentions -- intentions that will destroy the lives of everyone in his path.
There There [E-Book] by Tommy Orange
Call Number: FIC ORANG TOM TH Ebook (OverDrive)
ISBN: 9780525520382
Publication Date: 2018-06-05

What the Night Sings

What the Night Sings by Vesper Stamper
Call Number: YA F STA-V (Young Adult Fiction)
ISBN: 9781524700386
Publication Date: 2018-02-20
Liberated from Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp in 1945, sixteen-year-old Gerta tries to make a new life for herself, aided by Lev, a fellow survivor, and Michah, who helps Jews reach Palestine.

When Dimple Met Rishi

When Dimple Met Rishi [Streaming Audiobook] by Sandhya Menon
Call Number: OverDrive Audiobooks
ISBN: 9781520075686
Publication Date: 2017-05-30
Dimple Shah has it all figured out. With graduation behind her, she’s more than ready for a break from her family, from Mamma’s inexplicable obsession with her finding the “Ideal Indian Husband.” Ugh. Dimple knows they must respect her principles on some level, though. If they truly believed she needed a husband right now, they wouldn’t have paid for her to attend a summer program for aspiring web developers…right? Rishi Patel is a hopeless romantic. So when his parents tell him that his future wife will be attending the same summer program as him—wherein he’ll have to woo her—he’s totally on board. Because as silly as it sounds to most people in his life, Rishi wants to be arranged, believes in the power of tradition, stability, and being a part of something much bigger than himself. The Shahs and Patels didn’t mean to start turning the wheels on this “suggested arrangement” so early in their children’s lives, but when they noticed them both gravitate toward the same summer program, they figured, Why not? Dimple and Rishi may think they have each other figured out. But when opposites clash, love works hard to prove itself in the most unexpected ways.