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We Were Promised Spotlights

By Lindsay Sproul

By Lindsay Sproul

By Lindsay Sproul

By Lindsay Sproul

By Lindsay Sproul
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By Lindsay Sproul
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    About We Were Promised Spotlights

    The Miseducation of Cameron Post meets Everything Leads to You in this queer young adult novel.

    Hopuonk, Massachusetts, 1999

    Taylor Garland’s good looks have earned her the admiration of everyone in her small town. She’s homecoming queen, the life of every party, and she’s on every boy’s most-wanted list.

    People think Taylor is living the dream, and assume she’ll stay in town and have kids with the homecoming king–maybe even be a dental hygienist if she’s super ambitious. But Taylor is actually desperate to leave home, and she hates the smell of dentists’ offices. Also? She’s completely in love with her best friend, Susan.

    Senior year is almost over, and everything seems perfect. Now Taylor just has to figure out how to throw it all away.

    Lindsay Sproul’s debut is full of compelling introspection and painfully honest commentary on what it’s like to be harnessed to a destiny you never wanted.

    About We Were Promised Spotlights

    The Miseducation of Cameron Post meets Everything Leads to You in this queer young adult novel.

    Hopuonk, Massachusetts, 1999

    Taylor Garland’s good looks have earned her the admiration of everyone in her small town. She’s homecoming queen, the life of every party, and she’s on every boy’s most-wanted list.

    People think Taylor is living the dream, and assume she’ll stay in town and have kids with the homecoming king–maybe even be a dental hygienist if she’s super ambitious. But Taylor is actually desperate to leave home, and she hates the smell of dentists’ offices. Also? She’s completely in love with her best friend, Susan.

    Senior year is almost over, and everything seems perfect. Now Taylor just has to figure out how to throw it all away.

    Lindsay Sproul’s debut is full of compelling introspection and painfully honest commentary on what it’s like to be harnessed to a destiny you never wanted.

    About We Were Promised Spotlights

    The Miseducation of Cameron Post meets Everything Leads to You in this queer young adult novel.

    Hopuonk, Massachusetts, 1999

    Taylor Garland’s good looks have earned her the admiration of everyone in her small town. She’s homecoming queen, the life of every party, and she’s on every boy’s most-wanted list.

    People think Taylor is living the dream, and assume she’ll stay in town and have kids with the homecoming king–maybe even be a dental hygienist if she’s super ambitious. But Taylor is actually desperate to leave home, and she hates the smell of dentists’ offices. Also? She’s completely in love with her best friend, Susan.

    Senior year is almost over, and everything seems perfect. Now Taylor just has to figure out how to throw it all away.

    Lindsay Sproul’s debut is full of compelling introspection and painfully honest commentary on what it’s like to be harnessed to a destiny you never wanted.

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    About Lindsay Sproul

    Lindsay Sproul, originally from Marshfield, Massachusetts, is currently a creative writing professor at Loyola University New Orleans. She holds an MFA from Columbia University and a PhD from Florida State University, and has received fellowships from Virginia Center for the… More about Lindsay Sproul

    About Lindsay Sproul

    Lindsay Sproul, originally from Marshfield, Massachusetts, is currently a creative writing professor at Loyola University New Orleans. She holds an MFA from Columbia University and a PhD from Florida State University, and has received fellowships from Virginia Center for the… More about Lindsay Sproul

    About Lindsay Sproul

    Lindsay Sproul, originally from Marshfield, Massachusetts, is currently a creative writing professor at Loyola University New Orleans. She holds an MFA from Columbia University and a PhD from Florida State University, and has received fellowships from Virginia Center for the… More about Lindsay Sproul

    Product Details

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Romance | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues

    Hardcover | $17.99
    Published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
    Mar 24, 2020 | 288 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | Young Adult | ISBN 9781524738532

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Romance | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues

    Ebook | $10.99
    Published by G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers
    Mar 24, 2020 | 480 Pages | Young Adult | ISBN 9781524738549

    Category: Teen & Young Adult Fiction | Teen & Young Adult Romance | Teen & Young Adult Social Issues | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $20.00
    Published by Listening Library
    Mar 24, 2020 | 429 Minutes | Young Adult | ISBN 9780593156094
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    “Frank and honest.” –School Library Journal

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