Mattie is so excited to be in the eighth grade play, even when she finds out she’s playing Romeo opposite Gemma Braithwaite. She finds herself having a crush on both Gemma and a boy named Elijah all to the backdrop of Shakespearean drama.
Publisher’s Description:
Mattie, a star student and passionate reader, is delighted when her English teacher announces the eighth grade will be staging Romeo and Juliet. And she is even more excited when, after a series of events, she finds herself playing Romeo, opposite Gemma Braithwaite’s Juliet. Gemma, the new girl at school, is brilliant, pretty, outgoing—and, if all that wasn’t enough: British.
As the cast prepares for opening night, Mattie finds herself growing increasingly attracted to Gemma and confused, since, just days before, she had found herself crushing on a boy named Elijah. Is it possible to have a crush on both boys AND girls? If that wasn’t enough to deal with, things backstage at the production are starting to rival any Shakespearean drama!
Genre: Contemporary
Representation:
Gender:
Cis girls: Mattie
Sexual Orientation:
Bisexual: Mattie
Romantic Orientation:
Not explicitly addressed.
Race/Ethnicity:
White: Mattie