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Scholastic Press (2021), 320 pages
Description
For the last several years teenager CeCe Ross has been in a serious relationship with her girlfriend Silvie, enjoying their career as social media influencers with thousands of fans, posting about fashion and relationship goals, and totally abandoning the liberal politics that were the subjects of her original social media profile; than suddenly in their senior year Silvie breaks up with her, and CeCe meets Josh, a new boy who is not interested in online profiles but is interested in her--and while CeCe has always known she is bisexual, she is not prepared to find herself in the middle of an online storm where her public and private lives collide.
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LibraryThing member sennebec
Deceptively smart is a starting description for this book. Cece and Sylvie are online influencers as well as a couple. Cece lives with her mother and is estranged from her father for good reasons. He did a complete 180 from being fun and supportive to becoming a right wing bigot. Cece can't help
When Sylvie breaks up with her, she's more devastated than she ever imagined. The split not only hurts her emotionally, it has her second guessing most of what she thinks life is all about. Enter Josh, a music lover and violin playing busker who is almost completely social media ignorant.
This is where the book takes an important turn. Cece has known she was Bi since age fourteen, but always believed she preferred women. Getting to know Josh and realizing how easy it is to talk to him, as well as his dad and little sister, makes her start thinking more about the whole sexuality/gender orientation issue in a new light. When someone posts a picture of her and Josh kissing in a parking lot, it goes viral and many of her online followers leave in droves. I won't go into more detail because that would steal away some of your fun when reading the book. What you need to know is that when Cece is backed into a corner, she comes out fighting like she did when she was younger and had fierce opinions. In the process, she gives herself, many fictional people in her world and readers of the book an absolutely stellar explanation of what being bisexual means to her and how the B in LBGTQI needs more respect and acceptance. For teens who identify as bisexual, this is a terrific book to have in their local library.
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thinking the chasm between them was a big part of her parents' divorce and that insecurity has messed up her ability to speak out about causes she believes are important.When Sylvie breaks up with her, she's more devastated than she ever imagined. The split not only hurts her emotionally, it has her second guessing most of what she thinks life is all about. Enter Josh, a music lover and violin playing busker who is almost completely social media ignorant.
This is where the book takes an important turn. Cece has known she was Bi since age fourteen, but always believed she preferred women. Getting to know Josh and realizing how easy it is to talk to him, as well as his dad and little sister, makes her start thinking more about the whole sexuality/gender orientation issue in a new light. When someone posts a picture of her and Josh kissing in a parking lot, it goes viral and many of her online followers leave in droves. I won't go into more detail because that would steal away some of your fun when reading the book. What you need to know is that when Cece is backed into a corner, she comes out fighting like she did when she was younger and had fierce opinions. In the process, she gives herself, many fictional people in her world and readers of the book an absolutely stellar explanation of what being bisexual means to her and how the B in LBGTQI needs more respect and acceptance. For teens who identify as bisexual, this is a terrific book to have in their local library.
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Language
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English
Physical description
320 p.; 8.75 inches
ISBN
1338640461 / 9781338640465
Local notes
Ages 12+.
Grades 7-9
Grades 7-9