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Book Synopsis''Smart and funny, with characters so real and vulnerable, you want to send them care packages. I loved this book'' - Rainbow Rowell
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From debut author Mary H.K. Choi comes a compulsively readable novel that shows young love in all its awkward glory - perfect for fans of Eleanor & Park and To All the Boys I''ve Loved Before.
For Penny Lee high school was a total non-event. Her friends were okay, her grades were fine, and while she somehow managed to land a boyfriend, he doesn''t actually know anything about her. When Penny heads to college in Austin, Texas, to learn how to become a writer, it''s seventy-nine miles and a million light years away from everything she can''t wait to leave behind.
Sam''s stuck. Literally, figuratively, emotionally, financially. He works at a café and sleeps there too, on a mattress on the floor of an empty storage room upstairs. He knows that
Trade Review
Blushingly tender and piquant . . . Choi inserts timely issues like sexual assault, cultural appropriation and even DACA into her characters' intimate conversations, but it is her examination of digital vs. F2F communication that feels the most immediate * The New York Times Book Review *
Smart and funny, with characters so real and vulnerable, you want to send them care packages. I loved this book. * Rainbow Rowell, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Fangirl *
A tender, texting-based teen romance
* Entertainment Weekly *
Choi
sensitively shows the evolution of two lonely, complicated people who slowly emerge from their shells to risk an intimate relationship. Her
sharp wit and skillful character development . . . ensure that
readers will feel that they know Penny and Sam inside and out before the gratifying conclusion. * Publisher's Weekly - starred review *
Choi creates an
up-to-date and realistic contemporary romance by upending the love story trope . . .
A highly recommended purchase for the teens who enjoy realistic relationship fiction. Recommended for fa
ns of Nicola Yoon's Everything, Everything and Rainbow Rowell's Eleanor & Park. * School Library Journal - starred review February 1, 2018 *
Readers will swoon over
Emergency Contact.
Choi has a knack for creating relatable characters, and this quirky, socially awkward love story will keep your cheeks rosy with every page . . .
Emergency Contact is
the perfect book for those who root for the underdog and believe that broken people can heal together. * RT Book Reviews March 1, 2018 *
Penny somehow
broke down all my walls. Her tech became incidental and her voice endearing, and just like that,
I was hooked. Even the texts feel
very natural and elegantly woven into the narration.There is much more to both Sam and Penny than quirky character traits and witty repartee . . . While the story does traffic in the heart flutter of romance that is tantalizingly out of reach,
its emotional core goes deep. * NPR *
