Emery Lee Knihy

Manchmal kann sich erbitterte Rivalität in etwas Süßes verwandeln. Theo Mori und Gabriel Moreno haben sich nie verstanden. Ihre Eltern führen rivalisierende Geschäfte – ein asiatisch-amerikanisches Café und eine puerto-ricanische Bäckerei. Und damit nicht genug: Gabis Ungeschicklichkeit hat das Fußballteam, in dem sie beide spielen, schon unzählige Siege gekostet. Da Gabi es nicht wagt, offen über seine Sexualität zu sprechen und seine Träume zu verfolgen, sieht er seine Zukunft in der Bäckerei. Theo trägt schwer am Gewicht familiärer Erwartungen: Um überhaupt daran denken zu können, Vermont endlich hinter sich zu lassen, muss er dafür sorgen, dass die Lebensgrundlage seiner Eltern gesichert ist. Als ein „Fusion Café“ die Existenz beider Familienbetriebe bedroht, müssen Theo und Gabi sich einer unerfreulichen Wahrheit stellen: Sie können ihr jeweiliges Ziel nur erreichen, wenn sie zusammenarbeiten. Gemeinsam kochen sie einen Plan aus: die geheime Operation „Snack-Verkauf in der Schule“, mit der sie Kunden zurückgewinnen wollen. Doch können sie ihre Streitigkeiten lange genug beiseitelassen, um die Läden ihrer Eltern zu retten? Und was, wenn sie in Abwesenheit des alten Grolls Gefühle füreinander entwickeln? Eine köstliche romantische Komödie, gut gewürzt und mit einem Hauch Süße!

From the author of Meet Cute Diary comes a delectable rom-com that's brimming with zest and a sprinkle of sweetness. A must-read for fans of Casey McQuiston and Julian Winters. Theo Mori and Gabriel Moreno have always been at odds. Their parents own rival businesses--an Asian American café and a Puerto Rican bakery--and Gabi's lack of coordination has cost their soccer team too many games to count. Stuck in the closet and scared to pursue his own dreams, Gabi sees his family's shop as his future. Stuck under the weight of his parents' expectations, Theo's best shot at leaving Vermont means first ensuring his parents' livelihood is secure. So when a new fusion café threatens both shops, Theo and Gabi realize an unfortunate truth--they can only achieve their goals by working together to cook up an underground snack operation and win back their customers. But can they put aside their differences long enough to save their parents' shops, or will the new feelings between them boil over?

Set in 18th century England and Colonial Virginia, a love story emerges between a young woman, isolated with her uncle's horses, and a young man who introduces her to the world of horse care and racing, amidst the excitement of high-stakes competitions.

Felix Ever After meets Becky Albertalli in this swoon-worthy, heartfelt rom-com about how a transgender teen's first love challenges his ideas about perfect relationships. Noah Ramirez thinks he's an expert on romance. He has to be for his popular blog, the Meet Cute Diary, a collection of trans happily ever afters. There's just one problem--all the stories are fake. What started as the fantasies of a trans boy afraid to step out of the closet has grown into a beacon of hope for trans readers across the globe. When a troll exposes the blog as fiction, Noah's world unravels. The only way to save the Diary is to convince everyone that the stories are true, but he doesn't have any proof. Then Drew walks into Noah's life, and the pieces fall into place: Drew is willing to fake-date Noah to save the Diary. But when Noah's feelings grow beyond their staged romance, he realizes that dating in real life isn't quite the same as finding love on the page. In this charming novel by Emery Lee, Noah will have to choose between following his own rules for love or discovering that the most romantic endings are the ones that go off script. A Junior Library Guild Selection