03130cam a2200445 i 4500 1336250453 TxAuBib 20240624120000.0 240515s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781419764967 hardcover $18.99 1419764969 hardcover $18.99 (OCoLC)1433999191 TxAuBib rda Stoeve, Ray, author. The summer love strategy [Book] / Ray Stoeve. New York, NY : Amulet Books, 2024. ©2024. 278 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Hayley always has a crush. The problem is her crushes never like her back. After her latest unrequited love--a girl from her basketball team--gets a boyfriend, she decides she's done falling for girls who are unavailable. Her best friend, Talia, wants romance, too, but rarely gets crushes on anyone, and she's tired of watching Hayley get her heart stomped on over and over. So the two girls make a pact: They'll help each other find summer love by putting themselves in situations that always lead to romance in movies.To help carry out their summer love strategy, they make a list of all the places they could find their real-life rom-com: the beach, the Pride parade, the pool, a MUNA concert, and a party. But as they go to each place and try to find the one, it seems like they just can't catch a break--they don't know how to talk to cute strangers, someone mistakes Hayley as straight, and Hayley does a truly unfortunate DIY haircut (that she cannot be held responsible for--it was a crisis!). But when Talia and Hayley finally manage to score dates, will they be able to get out of their own way and really dive into the romances they deserve? Or is summer love not as far off as Hayley thought?"The Summer Love Strategy is a love story within a love story. Intimacy takes so many beautifully complicated forms here. These are friends who care enough to carve out space for each other's differences, even as they feel their way through shifting relationship dynamics. Stoeve explores what it means to find new ways to love a person you know by heart--and they tackle it with such specificity and care. This one's going to make so many people feel seen."--Becky Albertalli, New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda. 20240624. Sexual minorities Fiction. Lesbian teenagers Fiction. Transgender youth Fiction. Best friends Fiction. Dating (Social customs) Fiction. Best friend Fiction. Girls Fiction. Lesbians Fiction. Love Fiction. Summer romance Fiction. Lesbian fiction. LGBTQ+ fiction. Romance fiction. Humorous fiction. Queer fiction. RV8