Love on Sight
By (Author) Asli Jensen
Chicken House Ltd
Chicken House Ltd
14th August 2025
14th August 2025
United Kingdom
Young Adult
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Family and home stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: Romance and love stories
Childrens / Teenage fiction: School stories
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Emotions, moods, feelings and be
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Life skills and choices
Childrens / Teenage personal and social topics: Dating, relationships, romance a
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Girls and women
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Boys and men
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Other religions and spiritual traditions
Paperback
320
Width 129mm, Height 198mm
A universal story that will resonate far and wide,Love on Sight captures the heat and hope of one summer, and the magic of falling in love for the first time ... Sabrina has her life planned out shes going to pass her A levels and go to university. But then she meets Jalaal, a boy trapped on the wrong path, desperate for a way out. An English Jamaican girl and a Somali Muslim boy being together isnt straightforward, with cultural expectations, disapproving family and religious differences to overcome. But is that the struggle you face when you fall in love on sight The outstanding debut novel from the Lime New Storyteller 2023 award winner, Asli Jensen. An uplifting contemporary YA romance, which draws on the authors experience of growing up in inner-city London. A modern dual narrative Romeo-and-Juliet story, perfect for fans of Danielle Jawando and Candice Carty-Williams. Explores themes of family, culture, friendship, redemption, class, faith and different forms of love in a fresh and authentic style, which will resonate universally.