Wish You Weren't Here
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4.0 • 1 Rating
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Publisher Description
"A masterclass of a sapphic rom-com. Filled with hate-to-love perfection, swoony moments, and off-the-charts chemistry." -Rachael Lippincott, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Five Feet Apart and She Gets the Girl
All's fair in love and Color War.
Juliette doesn't hate Priya Pendley.
At least, not in the way teen movies say she should hate the hot popular girl. They don't do cat fights, love triangles, or betrayal. To survive their intertwined small town lives, they’ve agreed to a truce. They complete group projects without fighting, never gossip to mutual friends, and stand on opposite sides of photos so it’s easy to crop each other out.
Priya seems to have everything during the school year—social media stardom, the handsome track captain boyfriend, and millions of adoring fans—and Juliette is at peace with that. Because Juliette has the summer, and the one place she never feels like “too much”: Fogridge Sleepaway Camp.
But her hopes for a few Priya-free weeks are shattered when her rival shows up at Fogridge on move-in day... as her cabinmate, no less. Juliette is determined to enjoy her final summer, even if it means (gag) tolerating her childhood rival, but everything that can go wrong, does.
If Juliette can’t find something to like about her situation—and about Priya—she risks hating the only home she’s ever had, right before she says goodbye to it forever.
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High school junior Juliette Barrera-Wright is eager to begin her summer camp counselor duties at Fogridge Sleepaway Camp, which, as one of seven children, is the only place she feels seen. She's also ready for a break from social media star and class frenemy Priya Pendley, but she's shocked to learn that Priya is attending Fogridge as well. Worse, Priya is assigned as her roommate and mentee. Juliette's friends take to Priya immediately, prompting self-conscious feelings that worsen when a fellow counselor labels Juliette a "brat" for arguing about her activities schedule. Despite their differences, Priya readily assists Juliette after she hurts her ankle and even encourages her to try new things, such as auditioning for the camp musical. As the girls grow closer, Juliette realizes she doesn't hate Priya after all. She might even like her—as more than a friend. Baldwin unspools an organic enemies-to-lovers summer camp romp via Juliette's introspective and bitingly humorous first-person POV. While lengthy descriptions of Fogridge traditions, games, and lore occasionally feel extraneous, the silliness of such customs and the many intersectionally diverse characters who take part in them energize this charming debut that gives way to electric romance. Ages 12–up.
