Name: Empress of the World
ISBN: 9780142500590

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Why This Clicks

Unexpected Chemistry

A summer of sharp teen company and a romance that unsettles expectations.

Come here for

Quick-witted teen company and a friendship turning unexpectedly intimate
A young romance that complicates what attraction is supposed to look like

Expect

A summer-set YA love story among smart, intense teenagers
An introduction and three graphic-novel stories in the reissue

Book Details

Authors: Sara Ryan
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: May 26, 2003
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: YA Romance - LGBTQ+ · Dating & Sex for Teens
Reading lane: YA Romance - LGBTQ+

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Publisher Categories

YA Stories About Girls & Women
YA Romance
YA Romance - LGBTQ+

About This Book

Nicola Lancaster is spending her summer at the Siegel Institute, a hothouse of smart, intense teenagers. She soon falls in with Katrina (Manic Computer Chick), Isaac (Nice-Guy-Despite-Himself), Kevin (Inarticulate Composer) . . . and Battle, a beautiful blond dancer. The two become friends--and then, startlingly, more than friends. What do you do when you think you're attracted to guys, and then you meet a girl who steals your heart? A trailblazing debut, reissued with an in...

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Nicola Lancaster is spending her summer at the Siegel Institute, a hothouse of smart, intense teenagers. She soon falls in with Katrina (Manic Computer Chick), Isaac (Nice-Guy-Despite-Himself), Kevin (Inarticulate Composer) . . . and Battle, a beautiful blond dancer. The two become friends--and then, startlingly, more than friends. What do you do when you think you're attracted to guys, and then you meet a girl who steals your heart? A trailblazing debut, reissued with an introduction by acclaimed author David Levithan, and copious back matter, including three graphic novel stories by Sara Ryan (and artists Steve Leiber, Dylan Meconis, and Natalie Nourigat) about the characters.