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Yes No Maybe So


-Becky Albertalli & Aisha Saeed


YES

Jamie Goldberg is cool with volunteering for his local state senate candidate—as long as he’s behind the scenes. When it comes to speaking to strangers (or, let’s face it, speaking at all to almost anyone), Jamie’s a choke artist. There’s no way he’d ever knock on doors to ask people for their votes…until he meets Maya.


NO

Maya Rehman’s having the worst Ramadan ever. Her best friend is too busy to hang out, her summer trip is canceled, and now her parents are separating. Why her mother thinks the solution to her problems is political canvassing—with some awkward dude she hardly knows—is beyond her.


MAYBE SO

Going door to door isn’t exactly glamorous, but maybe it’s not the worst thing in the world. After all, the polls are getting closer—and so are Maya and Jamie. Mastering local activism is one thing. Navigating the cross-cultural romance of the century is another thing entirely.

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This story is #OwnVoices told by alternating authors so the reader gets two distinct voices and points of view that help challenge misconceptions and (hopefully) lead the reader to better understanding. This isn’t your typical teen-age romance story, it is relevant, engaging and realistic in how the main characters are presented and how they interact with their respective challenges.

This book is designed to make you feel intense emotions but ultimately leaves the reader with a strong sense of hope for our future.

Quotes:

"The truth is, it's a weird time to be coming of age. The world's really messy right now. And it's so hard to be twelve or thirteen or fifteen or seventeen, where you're old enough to get it, but... you can't vote"

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"We might give it our all and crash and burn. But we might win. We might actually change things. And that maybe makes it still worth going for, don't you think?"

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“But I’m not talking about the world righting itself. I’m talking about us righting the world.”

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“What’s wrong with slowmance? That should be a word. It’s like a slow romance. A way to let the romantic moments linger.”

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“And she’s so casually convinced that I’m brave, I almost believe it.”


Heidi Y.


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