With a lyrical blend of found poetry and poignant prose, this stunning debut captures young Black love and a decades-old family secret that may shatter a romance that feels written in the stars.
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.
- Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers (May 31, 2022)
- Language: English
- Hardcover: 320 pages
- ISBN-10: 0593429257
- ISBN-13: 9780593429259
- Reading age: 13 - 17 years
- Grade level: 8 - 12
- Item Weight: 15.2 ounces
- Dimensions: 5.88 x 1.04 x 8.56 inches