If only he can pull together a short for the freshman animation showcase at the end of the semester. When Chase starts his freshman year of college, he has to navigate being away from home and missing his sister, finding his squad, and contending with his ex-best friend Leila who is gunning for the same exclusive mentorship.
Ages 12–up.A Room of One's Own is proud to present The And They Lived. Extravaganza! in celebration of the release of Steven Salvatore's latest novel! Steven will be joined by a panel of fellow queer YA authors, including Becky Albertalli ( Here's to Us), Jason June ( Jay's Gay Agenda), and Julian Winters ( Right Where I Left You).Ībout And They Lived.: Chase Arthur is a budding animator and hopeless romantic obsessed with Disney films and finding his true love, but he's plagued with the belief that he's not enough for anyone: he's recovering from an eating disorder and suffers from body dysmorphia fueled by his father, and can't quite figure out his gender identity. Alex and Olly’s distinct alternating perspectives add depth and intimacy, cultivating a kaleidoscopic narrative that shines brightest when focused on the twins’ complex-and clearly loving-relationship.
After their father dies in prison, however, the narrative jumps to the following summer, in which grief-stricken Alex escapes her sorrows through illicit substances, and Olly spends time with their boyfriend, until the siblings’ lives are turned upside down once again when Tyler suddenly arrives in Lake George from Pennsylvania. Olly’s parents urge them to drop the matter and keep it secret from Alex, but Olly instead strikes up a clandestine email friendship with Tyler. Things grow more complicated when Olly, who is nonbinary, receives a letter containing a paternity test meant for Dad from a teenager named Tyler Dell, who Olly learns is the twins’ half brother. What used to be a relatively comfortable life for white teenage twins Alex and Olly Brucke has been upended by new financial stressors ever since their father was imprisoned for embezzlement 18 months ago.
Via immersive prose, Salvatore ( And They Lived.) renders two teens’ fraught summer in Lake George, N.Y., for an atmospheric and intricate telling of grief, family secrets, and siblinghood.
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