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What If It's US by Becky Albertalli

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What If It's US

Becky Albertalli, Adam Silvera

HarperCollins · Print & ebook · May 5, 2020

Reading lane: Romantic Comedy for Teens

A Romance pick for readers exploring What If It's US.

At a Glance

Why This Clicks

Fate, With Do-Overs

A funny, tender romance lets fate and first-date nerves share the stage.

Come here for

  • Meet-cute timing, missed connections, and three first-date do-overs
  • Broadway-sized hopes meeting a healthy skepticism about the universe

Expect

  • Warm humor alongside uncertainty about whether timing means anything
  • Two very different boys trying to make a romance work

Book Details

Authors
Becky Albertalli, Adam Silvera
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
May 5, 2020
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Romantic Comedy for Teens · YA Romance - LGBTQ+
Reading lane
Romantic Comedy for Teens

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Publisher Categories

  • YA Books About Libraries

  • Coming of Age

  • YA Stories About Girls & Women

  • YA LGBTQ+

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  • Film & Movies for Teens

  • Contemporary YA Romance

  • YA Romance - LGBTQ+

  • Romantic Comedy for Teens

About This Book

A New York Times , USA Today , and Indie bestseller! Critically acclaimed and bestselling authors Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera combine their talents in this smart, funny, heartfelt collaboration about two very different boys who can’t decide if the universe is pushing them together—or pulling them apart. ARTHUR is only in New York for the summer, but if Broadway has taught him anything, it’s that the universe can deliver a showstopping romance when you least expect it....

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A New York Times , USA Today , and Indie bestseller! Critically acclaimed and bestselling authors Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera combine their talents in this smart, funny, heartfelt collaboration about two very different boys who can’t decide if the universe is pushing them together—or pulling them apart. ARTHUR is only in New York for the summer, but if Broadway has taught him anything, it’s that the universe can deliver a showstopping romance when you least expect it. BEN thinks the universe needs to mind its business. If the universe had his back, he wouldn’t be on his way to the post office carrying a box of his ex-boyfriend’s things. But when Arthur and Ben meet-cute at the post office, what exactly does the universe have in store for them . . . ? Maybe nothing. After all, they get separated. Maybe everything. After all, they get reunited. But what if they can’t nail a first date even after three do-overs? What if Arthur tries too hard to make it work and Ben doesn’t try hard enough? What if life really isn’t like a Broadway play? But what if it is? What if it’s us? Plus don't miss Here's to Us ! Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera reunite to continue the story of Arthur and Ben, the boys readers first fell for in What If It’s Us .

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