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Absorbing, electrifying, and achingly relatable. Frannie and Tru is a book with a pulse. Becky Albertalli, author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Perfect for fans of Prep and The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Frannie and Tru is a dazzling YA debut about a transformative summer in the life of a girl whose idol is not what he seems.
Frannie has always idolized her cousin Tru. At seventeen, Tru is charismatic, rich, charmingeverything fifteen-year-old Frannie wants to be, and everything shes not. So when Frannie overhears her parents saying that after a bad coming-out experience Tru will be staying with them in Baltimore for the summer, Frannie is excited and desperate to impress him. But as Frannie gets swept up in Trus worldly way of life, she starts to worry that it may all be a mask Tru wears to hide a dark secret. And if Tru isnt the person Frannie thought he was, what does that mean for the new life she has built with him?
Confronting issues of race, class, and sexuality, Karen Hattrup weaves a powerful coming-of-age story thats at once timeless and immediate, sharply observed, and recognizable to anyone who has ever loved the idea of a person more than the reality.
