Margo Zimmerman Gets the Girl
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4.0 • 4 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
"The most delightfully snarky romance I’ve read this year." —New York Times bestselling author Ashley Poston
This charming YA rom-com follows Margo, who suddenly realizes that she’s gay but has no clue how to express her identity, so she enlists out-and-proud Abbie to act as her tutor on everything “Queer 101”...and first love.
Margo Zimmerman is gay, but she didn’t know until now. An overachiever at heart, Margo is determined to ace her newly discovered gayness. All she needs is the right tutor.
Abbie Sokoloff has her own gayness down to a science. But a flunking grade in US History is threatening her acceptance to her dream school. All she needs is the right tutor.
Margo agrees to help Abbie get her history grade up in exchange for “Queer 101” lessons. But as they spend more and more time together, Margo realizes she doesn’t want just any girl—she wants the girl.
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A newly out queer teen recruits her "resident Queer Girl™" classmate to help navigate her burgeoning sexual identity in this playful romance by collaborators Shrum and Waxelbaum. When autistic student body president Margo Zimmerman, 17, realizes she's gay, she struggles with "being gay correctly" despite extensive googling ("Query: how to be gay. Query: gay tips. Query: queer culture?"). Meanwhile, 18-year-old Abbie Sokoloff—who is bisexual and who Margo views as "perfectly, comfortably, gorgeously gay"—has been contending with poor grades. The girls make a deal: Margo will tutor Abbie in AP history in exchange for "Queer 101" lessons. Over the course of Margo's queer education, the teens are forced to confront preconceived notions about each other, and accept the fact that there's no one way to express one's sexual identity. Some key relationship moments occur off-page, leading to deflated romantic tension. Nevertheless, flirty banter and Margo and Abbie's candid alternating narration positively depict myriad facets of neurodiversity and dating, including attraction, consent, masturbation, and safety. Seamlessly integrated contemporary media references and LGBTQ cultural touchstones admirably explore the repercussions of internalized bias and community gatekeeping. Margo and Abbie are Jewish and read as white. Ages 14–up.
