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Check her life: It's sealed in a boy-proof container. Her Haitian immigrant parents send Simone to an all-girls high school and enforce strict no-dating rules. As for prom? Simone is allowed to go on one condition: Her parents will select her
date (a boy from a nice, Haitian immigrant family, obviously).
Simone is desperate to avoid the setup—especially since she has a serious crush on another boy. It's time to take action. Simone and her fellow late-bloomer friends make a senior year bucket list of all the wild things they haven't done yet.
Like: go out dancing, skip class (what), and, oh yeah—decide their own prom destinies.
But as the list takes on a life of its own, things get much messier than Simone expected. Can she figure out which rules are worth breaking and which might save her from heartbreak?
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Release date
June 8, 2021 -
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781980096733
- File size: 251621 KB
- Duration: 08:44:12
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Languages
- English
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Levels
- Lexile® Measure: 760
- Text Difficulty: 3-4
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May 31, 2021
New Jersey high school senior Simone Thibodeaux, 18, wants to live life on her own terms, but it’s an uphill battle against her strict Haitian immigrant parents. Determined to enjoy her final year at her Catholic all-girls’ high school, she recruits Indian American lab partner Amita Nadar, and white Kira Gifford, the victim of a media frenzy surrounding her family. Together, they create a joint bucket list called Senior Playlist, plotting how they’ll help each other achieve every item before graduation. After witnessing her parents pick her sister’s Haitian American prom date, Simone vehemently refuses to date his younger brother, Ben. Though the connection between them slowly grows, Simone’s biggest concern is getting her crush, Gavin Stackhouse, to notice her. As Simone tries to find herself, she also draws closer to her Haitian identity. Rigaud (Truly Madly Royally) infuses a delightfully funny narrative with a diaspora-specific lesson—Simone learning to value the sacrifices of her immigrant parents—within a universally relatable tale of seeking oneself and independence amid warm relationships with family, friends, and community. Ages 12–up. Agent: Laura Dail, Laura Dail Literary.
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