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Getting dumped by her boyfriend is not how Veda planned on starting her summer. When Mark makes it clear that it's over between them, Veda is heartbroken and humiliated—but, more importantly, she's inspired. So she sets out on the love quest of a lifetime: use the summer to forget about Mark, to move on, and move up. All she has to do is kiss twenty-six boys with twenty-six different names—one for each letter of the alphabet.
From the top of the Ferris wheel at her hometown carnival to the sandy dunes of Lake Michigan, Veda takes every opportunity she can to add kisses (and boys) to her list, and soon the break-up doesn't sting quite as much. But just when Veda thinks she has the whole kissing thing figured out, she meets someone who turns her world upside down.
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Release date
May 24, 2016 -
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781481452489
- File size: 2779 KB
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- ISBN: 9781481452489
- File size: 2779 KB
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Languages
- English
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Levels
- ATOS Level: 5.2
- Lexile® Measure: 870
- Interest Level: 6-12(MG+)
- Text Difficulty: 4-5
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Reviews
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March 1, 2016
When her longtime boyfriend suddenly dumps her, a girl embarks on a mission to get over him by kissing 26 boys. Before even removing his cap and gown, Mark breaks up with Veda to be free from romantic entanglements in college. Veda is devastated, and it's painfully clear to her best friends, Seth and Mel. Before Veda can waste her summer crying in bed, Mel formulates a plan to help her move on: Veda will kiss 26 boys, one for each letter of the alphabet. At first, Veda's shocked, but soon she warms to the idea. It's not long before she's found a string of boys with names to fill her list. Along the way, however, she gets to know Killian, a boy who shares the same summer job and a penchant for George Bernard Shaw. He's nothing like Mark, and his warmth and enthusiasm bring her back to life. As Veda's feelings for Killian grow, so does her resolve to finish the challenge. She's going to kiss the alphabet no matter how charming Killian is, no matter how it affects her reputation. Thwarted by a fluffy premise with too many boys with odd names, Veda's story reads as contrived, stocked with a bland cast of characters with no notable diversity. But she eventually finds her footing and runs toward the person she needs to learn to love the most: herself. A thinly drawn summer romance saved by its protagonist's self-actualization. (Fiction. 14-18)COPYRIGHT(2016) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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May 15, 2016
Grades 9-12 For the last two years, Veda has been Mark's girlfriend, and it's been perfect. So when Mark breaks up with her just after his graduation, Veda is blindsided and heartbroken. To help her move on, Veda's best friend devises a plan: spend the summer kissing 26 boys, each with a name corresponding to a different letter of the alphabet. This scheme is interrupted when Veda starts to fall for Killian, a charming boy at her summer job. Veda's journey to self-discovery is light on substance and is mostly filled with finding boys to kiss and summer parties, but her character is likable enough that readers will cheer her on. Veda's family dynamics and her best friend's possible romance help fill out the plot, but neither story line goes into much depth. The biggest question left hanging is why Vee's best friend is so insistent that Veda complete this challenge but not try it herself. Nevertheless, this breezy account of summer love is a good choice for collections where light romance is popular.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2016, American Library Association.) -
July 1, 2016
To get over being dumped, high school grad Veda decides to kiss twenty-six guys, each with a name beginning with a different letter of the alphabet. But her attraction to fellow debate nerd Killian makes completing the challenge more difficult. Vee's chemistry with Killian is sometimes flat, but her entertaining and wide-ranging quest for kisses (not all of them romantic) will keep readers engaged.(Copyright 2016 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)
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