I Kissed Shara Wheeler

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All around them, the rest of Willowgrove is filtering into first hour, and every single one of them takes a second to stare as they pass. Chloe Green, the one who scored a 35 on the ACT. Smith Parker, the saint who led Willowgrove to the state champ title two years in a row. And Rory Heron, best known for flooding the bio lab on purpose. The three of them occupying the same spot is ripping a hole in the Willowgrove space-time continuum. Chloe is a wonderful protagonist, whip-smart, determined, flawed, but bold enough to be fully herself even in unwelcoming circumstances... Since reading I Kissed Shara Wheeler, I’ve found a new place in my heart for YA novels."- Susie Dumond, Book Riot

There were moderate descriptions of bullying, religious trauma, racism, misogyny and homophobia. The Conclusion Evidence Scavenger Hunt: The first half or so of the book is dedicated to finding the clues that will lead to Shara's location. As mentioned above, all of Shara's clues are meant to be found in a somewhat linear fashion. Where a card will have a clue that will hint the location of the next card/clue until the last one is found and Shara's location is (ideally) revealed. Adults Are Useless: The most popular girl in school and one of the candidates for valedictorian goes mysteriously missing during Prom, and the only ones that bother to look for her are some of her classmates. Slightly justified in that Principal Wheeler claims that his daughter is just visiting family and is adamant that no one needs to (or should) look for her. Making Politics Loving Again: PW Talks with Casey McQuiston". Publisher's Weekly . Retrieved May 28, 2019. Taroy, Daniel (August 27, 2019). "Why Red, White, and Royal Blue Was Everywhere This Summer". Vanity Fair . Retrieved January 30, 2021.In every possible way, I Kissed Shara Wheeler is the perfect YA novel...If future YA novels read anything like I Kissed Shara Wheeler, I can assure you I will be reading them." - The Michigan Daily From the bestselling author of Red, White and Royal Blue and One Last Stop comes a debut YA romantic comedy - perfect for fans of Heartstopper! Fierce, funny, and frank, Casey McQuiston’s I Kissed Shara Wheeler is about breaking the rules, getting messy, and finding love in unexpected places. The Washington Post, "10 upcoming releases by women and nonbinary authors", "Most Anticipated Young Adult Books" Shara Wheeler is the princess of Willowgrove Christian Academy. She’s the popular, pious, and rich daughter of the principal. After graduation, she’ll be attending Harvard and making the small town of False Beach, Alabama proud. For now, though, she’s Chloe Green’s only real competition for valedictorian of the 2022 graduating class. Chloe Green is so close to winning. After her moms moved her from SoCal to Alabama for high school, she’s spent the past four years dodging gossipy classmates and a puritanical administration at Willowgrove Christian Academy. The thing that’s kept her going: winning valedictorian. Her only rival: prom queen Shara Wheeler, the principal’s perfect progeny.

Red, White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston - Author Biography". LitLovers . Retrieved January 22, 2021. Except when she got to the door, Shara was gone, and when student council president Brooklyn Bennett got up on stage to crown Shara as prom queen, she was still gone. Nobody saw her leave, and nobody’s seen her since, but her white Jeep is missing from the Wheelers’ driveway. Thrown into an unlikely alliance, chasing a ghost through parties, break-ins, puzzles, and secrets revealed on monogrammed stationery, Chloe starts to suspect there might be more to this small town than she thought. And maybe—probably not, but maybe—more to Shara, too. classic and familiar, and yet, something genuinely new and exciting all on its own...the perfect recipe whipped up into a movie-ready story." - Joey from Joey's Nook, Buzzfeed Flat "What": Chloe lets out one of these when Ace says that Shara was helping him practice for the spring musical auditions.The cast of characters, as expected, is utterly delightful. McQuiston is uniquely good at crafting great supporting characters, and that's on full display here. Everyone gets a chance to be funny, to be layered, to have a secret. Smith and Ace are my personal favorite side characters, they're so wonderfully himbo-esque.

Red, White & Royal Blue is a contemporary queer romance that follows Alex Claremont-Diaz, a fictional First Son of the U.S., as he develops romantic feelings for Henry, an English prince, following an altercation that forces them to fake a friendship for damage control and PR purposes. [20]

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McQuiston knew from the get-go that if the lesbian love story at the center of the book didn't get the novel "mega-banned," its message of anti-racism and LGBTQ+ acceptance could. But they still wanted to give the book a fighting chance. Rory realizes that he’s gay and that he has feelings for Smith. He was actually jealous of Shara, the only girl he ever thought he was attracted to, and mistook those feelings as him being jealous of Smith. McQuiston has done it again… A YA novel with a swoon-worthy romance readers have come to expect from their first two triumphant works.” - USA Today (4/4 stars)

unlike the friends in casey’s previous novels, chloe, smith, and rory are not a tight-knit group. they have history, resentment, and emotional baggage among them that makes their common mission an entertaining journey. i highly enjoyed the amount of banter and insults and was fully invested in their chaos. Chloe Green is so close she can literally taste her stunning victory. Her life has been pretty interesting ever since her moms moved her from California to Alabama for high school. She’s spent four long years dealing with mean schoolmates, endless small town gossip and the narrow-minded and moralistic administration that governs Willowgrove Christian Academy. All of that doesn’t matter because she only cares about one thing—winning valedictorian. There’s only one person who is standing in her way: the queen of everything, also known as Shara Wheeler, the principal’s daughter.Brimming with classic YA plotlines, crisp writing, humorous asides, and fully fleshed characters and relationships—many queer—keep things fresh, leading to a genuinely hopeful ending that centers themes of authenticity and autonomy. " - Publishers Weekly (starred review) The story of August and Jane's chance meeting is swoony, thoughtful, and one of those big-hearted romances you'll gush about long after finishing." - Hello Sunshine Casey McQuiston’s I Kissed Shara Wheeler is about breaking the rules, getting messy, and finding love in unexpected places. Perfect for fans of Heartstopper, this is the debut YA queer rom-com from the bestselling author of Red, White and Royal Blue . Nicolaou, Elena (May 17, 2019). "What If The Prince Of England Fell In Love With The Son Of The President Of The United States?". Refinery29. Archived from the original on May 25, 2019 . Retrieved May 28, 2019. I heard the same thing,” Rory says. He talks with the same kind of studied disaffection that he carries himself with, shoulders slumped and impartial. “Did you—do you know where she is?”