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Awards

2002 Oregon Book Award Winner (The Leslie Bradshaw Award for Young Readers)
An ALA Best Book for Young Adults
Lambda Literary Award finalist
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Nicola Lancaster is spending eight weeks at the Siegel Institute Summer Program for Gifted Youth, a hothouse of smart, articulate, intense teenagers. She soon falls in with Katrina (Manic Computer Chick), Isaac (Nice-Guy-Despite-Himself), Kevin (Inarticulate Composer)...and Battle. Battle Hall Davies is a beautiful blonde dancer, and everything Nic isn't. The two become friends-and then, startlingly, more than friends. What do you do when you think you're attracted to guys, and then you meet a girl who steals your heart?

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"Both controversial and long-awaited, this helps to fill a need that is painfully obvious and introduces a wonderful new voice." Kirkus Reviews

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"Among the better books I have read in recent years..." Deirdre Donahue, USA Today

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"Funny — sad — bitter — poignant — these words ran through my mind while I read Sara Ryan's excellent young adult novel." Nancy Garden, Lambda Book Report

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"Humorous and bittersweet...a must-read..." Teen People

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"This novel will definitely appeal to gifted, articulate teenagers with liberal social values, like the characters in the story. Probably the masses of YA readers, the same ones who feel uneasy around fellow students like Nic, Battle, Isaac, and Katrina, won't feel too comfortable reading about them either." KLIATT

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"What Ryan does so well is cleverly merge two genres...in the process spawning a whole new breed....Young-adult lit has come a long way, baby." Rachel Fudge, Bitch Magazine

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"[S]weet, smart, believable, and charming." The Portland Mercury (Portland, OR)

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"[C]haracters are voiced with near-perfect pitch. The action is equally on target....Ryan handles Nic's confusion about her sexuality and her longing for Battle adroitly." The Oregonian (Portland, OR)

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This ALA Best Book of Young Adults and Lambda Book Award Finalist — a controversial, groundbreaking novel — tells the story of a teenage girl coming to terms with who she really is, despite who she thought she was.
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About the Author

Sara Ryan (www.sararyan.com) lives in Portland, Oregon.
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Singer375, November 16, 2008 (view all comments by Singer375)
this was a very intresting book i enjoyed reading it and hope that other teen do to.
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leticia_mckean, March 18, 2008 (view all comments by leticia_mckean)
I think that Sara Ryan is a good author. I love The Rules for Hearts, it was a wonderful book I wish that I could have read the first book first. I think that Sara Ryan comes up with some creative titles for her books. I read an excerpt from her first book Empress of the World I thought that it was very good.
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cr_harvey94, September 26, 2007 (view all comments by cr_harvey94)
I accidently bought this book, i was in a hurry and didn't read the back fully. I was extremely mad at myself for buying this book, because i'm not like that. I'm not going to base my reveiw of this book by the story line, just the writing. I don't think this book deserves much praise, the writing wasn't that good, and i couldn't stay focused, she didn't make me feel anything for any of the characters, and a good author can do that, even if im not gay or whatever.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780142500590
Author:
Ryan, Sara
Publisher:
Speak
Location:
New York
Subject:
Girls & Women
Subject:
Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General
Subject:
Schools
Subject:
Lesbians
Subject:
Social Situations - Homosexuality
Subject:
Homosexuality
Subject:
Bisexuality
Subject:
Social Issues - Homosexuality
Copyright:
2003
Series Volume:
EDO-RC-02-5
Publication Date:
May 2003
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
Young adult
Language:
English
Pages:
224
Dimensions:
7.40x5.04x.60 in. .36 lbs.
Age Level:
13-17
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