'This one has it all: rivals who share a shocking kiss, a mysterious disappearance, an unexpected alliance and the kind of page-turning drama that makes McQuiston one of the best in the game. 'McQuiston has done it again… A YA novel with a swoon-worthy romance readers have come to expect from their first two triumphant works.” - USA Today (4/4 stars) It’s a love story starring two brilliant, ruthless queer girls who fight for what they want, and woe to any unjust authorities that stand in their way.' - The New York Times

“ I Kissed Shara Wheeler is an unfettered joy to read. Marie Claire * Parade * Seventeen * The Washington Post * The Nerd Daily * Buzzfeed * PopSugar * Book Riot * She Reads * Bookish * Bustle * Insider * Goodreads * Epic Reads * and more! One of Publishers Weekly's Best YA of 2022Ī Top Ten 2023 Texas Tayshas Reading List Pick One of People Magazine's Best Books of the Summer One of Publishers Weekly's Best Books of the Summer One of YALSA's 2023 Best Fiction for Young Adults 'You won't want to miss.' - Good Housekeeping 'McQuiston has done it again.' - USA Today 'An unfettered joy to read.' - The New York Times And maybe-probably not, but maybe-more to Shara, too.įierce, funny, and frank, Casey McQuiston's I Kissed Shara Wheeler is about breaking the rules, getting messy, and finding love in unexpected places. Thrown into an unlikely alliance, chasing a ghost through parties, break-ins, puzzles, and secrets revealed on monogrammed stationery, Chloe starts to suspect there might be more to this small town than she thought. It’ll be worth it, if Chloe can drag Shara back before graduation to beat her fair and square.

The three have nothing in common except Shara and the annoyingly cryptic notes she left behind, but together they must untangle Shara’s trail of clues and find her. There’s also Smith, Shara’s longtime quarterback sweetheart, and Rory, Shara’s bad boy neighbor with a crush. On a furious hunt for answers, Chloe discovers she’s not the only one Shara kissed. Her only rival: prom queen Shara Wheeler, the principal’s perfect progeny.īut a month before graduation, Shara kisses Chloe and vanishes. The thing that’s kept her going: winning valedictorian. After her moms moved her from SoCal to Alabama for high school, she’s spent the past four years dodging gossipy classmates and the puritanical administration of Willowgrove Christian Academy. From the New York Times bestselling author of One Last Stop and Red, White & Royal Blue comes a romantic comedy about chasing down what you want, only to find what you need.Ĭhloe Green is so close to winning.

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