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Barcode37821002541718
LocationMarshall District
TitleMessy perfect / Tanya Boteju.
AuthorBoteju, Tanya, author.
Call NoTEEN BOT
CollectionTeen New Arrivals

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Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9780063358492
International Standard Book Number 0063358492
Personal Name Boteju, Tanya, author.
Title Statement Messy perfect / Tanya Boteju.
Edition Statement First edition.
Imprint New York : Quill Tree Books, 2025
Physical Description 394 pages ; 22 cm.
Summary, Etc. "Cassie Perera is a star student in St. Luke's junior class. But the new school year brings an unwelcome surprise—the return to St. Luke's of Cassie's former friend, Ben, who left a few years ago after a homophobic bullying incident Cassie knows she didn't do enough to prevent. Still harboring guilt from her inaction, Cassie decides, in her usual, overzealous way, to team up with the neighboring public school to found an underground Gender and Sexuality Alliance—as a complicated strategy for making things up to Ben. Secretly, Cassie is also tempted by the possibility of opening up about her own sexuality for the first time. As Cassie’s new friends urge her out of her comfort zone, she unlocks a kind of joy and freedom she’s never felt before—even as she struggles to balance these experiences with her typical tightrope of being the perfect daughter, student, and Catholic. Cassie’s perfectly curated life unravels into turmoil, but can she embrace the mess enough to piece together something new?" --publisher's website.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Bildungsromans.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Friendship Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Young adult fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Catholics Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Cultural pluralism Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term LGBTQ+ people Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Closeted gay people Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Catholic high schools Fiction.

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