Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Waiting on Love and First Sight

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

Love and First Sight

By: Josh Sundquist

Expected Publication: January 3rd 2017 by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

288 pages

Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary

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Goodreads description--In his debut novel, YouTube personality and author of We Should Hang Out Sometime Josh Sundquist explores the nature of love, trust, and romantic attraction.

On his first day at a new school, blind sixteen-year-old Will Porter accidentally groped a girl on the stairs, sat on another student in the cafeteria, and somehow drove a classmate to tears. High school can only go up from here, right?

As Will starts to find his footing, he develops a crush on a charming, quiet girl named Cecily. Then an unprecedented opportunity arises: an experimental surgery that could give Will eyesight for the first time in his life. But learning to see is more difficult than Will ever imagined, and he soon discovers that the sighted world has been keeping secrets. It turns out Cecily doesn't meet traditional definitions of beauty--in fact, everything he'd heard about her appearance was a lie engineered by their so-called friends to get the two of them together. Does it matter what Cecily looks like? No, not really. But then why does Will feel so betrayed?

Told with humor and breathtaking poignancy, Love and First Sight is a story about how we related to each other and the world around us.

I actually saw someone else featured this book last week, and I loved the description so I knew that I wanted to feature it to my readers too. What are you guys waiting on this week? Let me know!

5 comments:

  1. I hope we both enjoy it! Thanks for stopping by and commenting Birdie!

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  2. I hope we both enjoy it! Thanks for stopping by and commenting!

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  3. It does sound like a good option for a school library. Thanks for stopping by and commenting Lisa!

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  4. I hope we both enjoy it! Thanks for stopping by and commenting Renee! (PS my middle name is Renee! :) )

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