Cross My Heart and Never Lie (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781662640544)

★ WINNER of the 2024 Stonewall Book Award, American Library Association

Perfect for fans of The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag, HeartStopper by Alice Oseman, and Jen Wang's The Dressmaker and the Prince.

In this fresh, sensitive, diary-style graphic novel, 12-year-old Tuva's questions about becoming a teenager are confusing--so when her first crush turns out to be on another girl, it feels absolutely wonderful--so why does it become so complicated?

Tuva is starting seventh grade, and her checklist of goals includes: writing out a diary, getting a trendy look, building the best fort in the woods with her BFFs, and much more. But when she starts school, nothing is how she hoped it would be.

Seventh grade has split her friends into rival factions: TEAM LINNEA and the girls who fall in love and TEAM BAO and the girls who NEVER fall in love. Linnea has a BOYFRIEND, Bao hates everything related to love. Worst of all, Linnea and Bao expect Tuva to choose a side!

In this delighfully hand-lettered coming-of-age graphic diary, Tuva gets caught between feeling like a kid and wanting to know HOW to become a teenager. Then Miriam shows up and suddenly Tuva feels as if she's met her soulmate. Can you fall in love with a girl, keep it from your friends, and survive? For Tuva, it may be possible, but it's defintely not easy.

Author: Nora D蚶nes
ISBN-10: 1662640544
ISBN-13: 9781662640544
Publisher: Hippo Park
Language: English
Published: 09/19/2023
Pages: 248
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.75lbs
Size: 9.60h x 7.00w x 1.00d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 3.2
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 522365 / Cross My Heart and Never Lie

Award: Stonewall Book Award - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 07/10/2023
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2023
Booklist 09/15/2023 pg. 41
School Library Journal 11/01/2023 pg. 60