Only the Pretty Lies

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A young love story about breaking painful legacies by the author of The Upside of Falling Down. Convention doesn't carry much weight in Alder Creek. It doesn't in Amoris Westmore's family either. Daughter of a massage therapist and a pothead artist, inheritor of her grandmother's vinyl collection, and blissfully entering her senior year in high

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Inspired by a true event, Crane (The Infinite Pieces of Us, 2018) earnestly explores how silence perpetuates racism and what it means to be antiracistWith countless quotable lines like Love is a human right, not a reward for good behavior, and timely antiracism discussion, this is a YA novel with love and substance. Booklist (starred review) A nave girl is forced to reconcile truths she thought she knew with the reality of the boy she loves. A romance that tackles serious issues Kirkus Reviews

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Rebekah Crane is the author of several critically acclaimed young adult novels, including Postcards for a Songbird, The Infinite Pieces of Us, The Upside of Falling Down, The Odds of Loving Grover Cleveland, Aspen, and Playing Nice. A former high school English teacher, Crane now lives in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, where the altitude only enhances the writing experience. For more information about the author and her works visit www.rebekahcrane.com.