{"product_id":"the-truth-of-right-now-kara-lee-corthron-9781481459488","title":"The Truth of Right Now","description":"\u003cb\u003eTwo isolated teens struggle against their complicated lives to find a true connection in this \"timely and timeless\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review) debut novel about first love and the wreckage of growing up.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLily is returning to her privileged Manhattan high school after a harrowing end to her sophomore year and it's not pretty. She hates chemistry and her spiteful lab partner, her friends are either not speaking to her or suffocating her with concerned glances, and nothing seems to give her joy anymore. Worst of all, she can't escape her own thoughts about what drove her away from everyone in the first place. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEnter Dari (short for Dariomauritius), the artistic and mysterious transfer student, adept at cutting class. Not that he'd rather be at home with his domineering Trinidadian father. Dari is everything that Lily needs: bright, creative, honest, and unpredictable. And in a school where no one really stands out, Dari finds Lily's sensitivity and openness magnetic. Their attraction ignites immediately, and for the first time in what feels like forever, Lily and Dari find happiness in each other. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn twenty-first-century New York City, the fact that Lily is white and Dari is black shouldn't matter that much, but nothing's as simple as it seems. When tragedy becomes reality, can friendship survive even if romance cannot?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kara Lee Corthron\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1481459481\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781481459488\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon \u0026amp; Schuster Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Kara Lee Corthron","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935706218751,"sku":"9781481459488","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_226b5b7b-e9e6-4a32-a0ef-19d8cfc7dacf.jpg?v=1681421364","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-truth-of-right-now-kara-lee-corthron-9781481459488","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}