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Everything Leads to You | February 11, 2015

by Nina LaCour (Dutton Books for Young Readers/Penguin Young Readers Group, May 2014)

Emi Price loves everything about film. Like many Hollywood kids, she’s grown up obsessed with the industry. She’s even scored the internship of a lifetime, working as a set designer on a movie before she’s even graduated from high school. One day while scrounging around an estate sale to find the perfect pieces for her set, Emi stumbles upon a letter from a deceased silver screen legend, and sets out to find the woman it’s addressed to. She ends up finding Ava, a beautiful girl with a tumultuous past, who might be the granddaughter of one of the greatest actors of all time. Emi and Ava start to unravel the story behind the letter, in hopes of finding the truth behind Ava’s lineage. Along the way, they learn that they have more in common than they thought, and start working on a film project together. As Emi and Ava get to know and support each other artistically, a romance blossoms between them. But does Emi love the lost-granddaughter-of-a-film-star character she’s built up in her head? Or does she love Ava for who she truly is? The characters and conflicts are very believable, and LaCour does something you don’t often see in YA books; she integrates LGBT issues into the plot without making sexuality the overarching theme. With beautiful descriptive language, and a magical Hollywood setting, this book is perfect for lovers of film, contemporary romance, and stories of self-discovery.

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