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Violence
None
No violence
Language
Barely any
Mild language in a warm YA register
Sexual Content
Barely any
YA romance; sweet and age-appropriate throughout
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
The gentle anxiety of realizing you've been wrong about what you want; low-stakes and warm throughout
What this book is about
Lola Nolan has a flair for elaborate costumes, an older musician boyfriend her dads don't love, and a complicated history with Cricket Bell — the boy who lived next door and broke her heart two years ago when he moved away. When Cricket comes back, Lola is determined to feel nothing. She fails. Stephanie Perkins's companion novel to Anna and the French Kiss has the same warmth and wit as its predecessor — a love story about a girl who has built her whole life around a person who isn't right for her, and has to notice when the right person has been there all along. Can be read independently.
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