A collection of original contemporary love stories set during life in lockdown by some of today's most popular YA authors.Erin Craig "delivers" on a story about a cute pizza delivery boy, Auriane Desombre captures a girl trying to impress her crush on TikTok, and Bill Konigsberg takes readers along on daily walks where every step brings two boys closer to love. There's roommates-to-enemies-to-something more from Rachael Lippincott, a tale of a girl with a mask-making business and her potentially famous crush from Erin Hahn, and a music-inspired meet cute from Sajni Patel. Brittney Morris sparks a connection with the help of two balcony herb gardens, Jennifer Yen writes an unconventional romance that starts with a fortune reading and a take-out order, and Natasha Preston steals hearts when a girl meets up with the boy next door in a storybook oak tree.
Romantic, realistic, sweet and uplifting, TOGETHER, APART is a collection of finding love in unexpected places during an unprecedented time . . . each with the one thing we all want: a guaranteed happy ending.
In support of the book's publication, a donation will be made to Active Minds, a nonprofit organization dedicated to mental health education, research, and advocacy for young adults ages 14-25.
On sale: October 20, 2020
Age: 12 and up
Grade: Grade 7 & Up
Page count: 288 Pages
ISBN: 9780593375297
Reading level: Lexile: HL730L
CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE:
Erin A. Craig,
New York Times best-selling author of
House of Salt and Sorrows;
Auriane Desombre, author of
I Think I Love You;
Erin Hahn, author of
You'd Be Mine;
Bill Konigsberg, Stonewall Book Award and Lambda Literary award-winning author of six books for teens, including
The Music of What Happens;
Rachael Lippincott, #1
New York Times best-selling author of
Five Feet Apart;
Brittney Morris, author of
Slay; Sajni Patel, author of
The Trouble with Hating You;
Natasha Preston, #1
New York Times best-selling author of T
he Cellar and
The Twin; and
Jennifer Yen, author of
A Taste for Love.
"From a cute pizza delivery boy to TikTok crushes, daily walks to a homemade mask business,
Together, Apart offers a
lovely look at what the
pandemic experience is like for teens." --
Book Riot
"The stories
impeccably capture the teens’ fears, anger, and anxieties around the pandemic balanced by
adorable meet-cutes and the
sweetness of early getting-to-know-you attraction." --
Kirkus Reviews“Cleverly plotted, with sympathetic characters,
the stories are a ray of sunshine in these dark days.” --
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