The Same Beat
The Same Beat
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West 44 Books
Annotation: "Words matter to Teegan. Best Friend. Forever. Future. But nothing seems clear this summer when her best friend leaves for a college road trip and her future plans after high school are nonexistent. Teegan takes an opportunity to go to New York City for journalism camp, where she is assigned to work the same beat as brilliant, complex Marcy. As Teegan starts to fall in love with Marcy, she realizes the need to discover her own voice. Can she find the right words to say how she feels, and the courage to figure out what she wants before their summer is over?"-Page [4] of cover.
 
Reviews: 1
Catalog Number: #317720
Format: Library Binding
Special Formats: High Low High Low
Publisher: West 44 Books
Copyright Date: 2022
Edition Date: 2022 Release Date: 02/01/22
Pages: 191 pages
ISBN: 1-9785956-8-9
ISBN 13: 978-1-9785956-8-2
Dewey: Fic
Dimensions: 22 cm.
Language: English
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews (Mon Jun 05 00:00:00 CDT 2023)

In this novel in verse, a teen girl finds herself at journalism camp in the city.The summer before senior year, Teegan is devastated when she discovers her best friend, Maria, is going on a road trip to look at colleges without her. Used to following in Maria's shadow, shy Teegan realizes she needs to pursue her own dreams, and her parents plan for her to spend two months at journalism camp in New York City. At camp, she's partnered up with Marcy: They'll be assigned a new beat each week to cover, writing stories that culminate in a newspaper final project at the end of the summer. Teegan is wowed by bold recent high school graduate Marcy, who introduces herself as bisexual and explains that she plans to go backpacking through Europe when camp is over instead of to college. As the summer passes, Teegan comes out of her shell and realizes she's attracted to Marcy-but what will happen to their relationship when the summer's over? Even though the sparse verse stays close to Teegan's emotional first-person perspective, the character growth and romance feel sudden since, unfortunately, the adventures in New York City happen mostly off the page. The sweet discovery of sexuality redeems this otherwise ordinary story. Despite the diverse urban setting, characters default to White.A solid but unexceptional coming-of-age story for reluctant teen readers. (Verse novel. 12-18)

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Kirkus Reviews (Mon Jun 05 00:00:00 CDT 2023)
Reading Level: 3.0
Interest Level: 9-12
Guided Reading Level: N

Words matter to Teegan. Best Friend. Forever. Future. But nothing seems clear this summer when her best friend leaves for a college road trip and her future plans after high school are nonexistent. Teegan takes an opportunity to go to New York City for journalism camp, where she is assigned to work the same beat as brilliant, complex Marcy. As Teegan starts to fall in love with Marcy, she realizes the need to discover her own voice. Can she find the right words to say how she feels, and the courage to figure out what she wants, before their summer is over?


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