What's Coming to Me
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Publisher Description
Seventeen-year-old Minerva Gutiérrez plans revenge on her predatory boss in this equally poignant and thrilling contemporary YA about grief, anger, and fighting for what you deserve, perfect for fans of Tiffany D. Jackson and Erika L. Sánchez.
In the seaside town of Nautilus, Minerva Gutiérrez absolutely hates her job at the local ice cream stand, where her sexist boss makes each day worse than the last. But she needs the money: kicked out of school and stranded by her mom's most recent hospitalization, she dreams of escaping her dead-end hometown. When an armed robbery at the ice cream stand stirs up rumors about money hidden on the property, Min teams up with her neighbor CeCe, also desperate for cash, to find it. The bonus? Getting revenge on her boss in the process.
If Minerva can do things right for once—without dirty cops, suspicious co-workers, and an ill-timed work crush getting in her way—she might have a way out . . . as long as the painful truths she’s been running from don’t catch up to her first.
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Seventeen-year-old Dominican Minerva Guitérrez struggles to find stability in Padilla's emotionally layered debut. Min's cousin has moved in to help around the house following Min's mother's most recent hospitalization for an undisclosed long-term illness. After getting expelled from school, the only thing Min has going for her is her employment at Nautilus Point, N.Y., hot spot Duke's Ice Creamery. But her boss is a "creep" who spies on his young female employees through cameras, and she barely makes enough money to add to her "Probable Orphan's Fund," which she plans to use to leave Nautilus Point. When she learns about a rumored treasure hidden at Duke's, she enlists her estranged best friend and their weed-dealing neighbor to find it. Complications such as Min's budding relationship with a longtime crush, her boss's growing suspicions about the group's scheme, and an unknown party poking around Duke's in the middle of the night derail matters, and the teens realize the cost of finding the treasure might place them in greater danger than it's worth. Despite an abrupt resolution, Padilla skillfully balances introspective musings on grief with thrilling mystery and intrigue in this intimate-feeling read. Ages 14–up.
