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Sasha Stone has spent her life as the first‑chair clarinet of her high‑school orchestra, a straight‑A student, and the girlfriend of the quintessential oxford‑wearing boy. She believes everything is aimed at a future at Oberlin Conservatory, a step she has paved with hard work and ambition. One day her routine is challenged when a new boy, Isaac Harver, enters the room. Even though he has never spoken to her, Sasha feels a sudden and intense attraction and a strange familiarity that makes her skin react to his touch. As she confronts this bewildering connection, Sasha is forced to question everything she thinks she knows about herself and the path she has chosen.
First publish date: 2017
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Mindy McGinnis
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