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Follow your arrow / Jessica Verdi.

Title:

Follow your arrow

Author:

Verdi, Jessica

Format:

Books

Physical Description:

309 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

ISBN:

9781338640465

Production / Publication Information:

New York : Scholastic Press, 2021.

Summary:

For the last several years teenager CeCe Ross has been in a serious relationship with her girlfriend Silvie, enjoying their career as social media influencers with thousands of fans, posting about fashion and relationship goals, and totally abandoning the liberal politics that were the subjects of her original social media profile; than suddenly in their senior year Silvie breaks up with her, and CeCe meets Josh, a new boy who is not interested in online profiles but is interested in her--and while CeCe has always known she is bisexual, she is not prepared to find herself in the middle of an online storm where her public and private lives collide.

Target audience note:

Ages 12+.

Language:

English

Genre:

Psychological fiction.

Novels.

Subject Term:

Identity (Psychology) -- Juvenile fiction.

Social media -- Juvenile fiction.

Online identities -- Juvenile fiction.

Lesbian teenagers -- Juvenile fiction.

Bisexual teenagers -- Juvenile fiction.

Dating -- Juvenile fiction.

Young adult fiction.

Identity -- Fiction.

Social media -- Fiction.

Online indenties -- Fiction.

Lesbians -- Fiction.

Bisexuality -- Fiction.

Dating (Social customs) -- Fiction.

YOUNG ADULT FICTION / LGBT.

YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Peer Pressure.

YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Computers & Digital Media.

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Book	Searching... Burlington Public Library	YA VERDI	32116003784283	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Chelmsford Public Library	Y/FIC/VERDI	31480011449904	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Groveland - Langley-Adams Library	YA FIC VERDI	32121000876579	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Haverhill Public Library	YA/VERDI J	31479007449613	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Littleton - Reuben Hoar Library	YA F VERDI	39965002310117	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Middleton - Flint Public Library	Y VERDI	32126001784383	Searching... Unknown
Book	Searching... Tewksbury Public Library	TEEN FICTION VERDI	32132003306746	Searching... Unknown
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Summary

For fans of Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera, this is a riveting and irresistible take on love, life, and identity -- both online and off.

CeCe Ross is kind of a big deal. She and her girlfriend, Silvie, are social media influencers with zillions of fans and followers, known for their cute outfits and being #relationshipgoals.

So when Silvie breaks up with her, CeCe is devastated. She's lost her first love, and now she can't help but wonder if she'll lose her followers as well.

Things get even messier when CeCe meets Josh, a new boy in town who is very much Not Online. CeCe isn't surprised to be falling for a guy; she's always known she's bi. And Josh is sweet and smart and has excellent taste in donuts... but he has no idea that CeCe is internet-famous. And CeCe sort of wants to keep it that way.

But when CeCe's secrets catch up to her, she finds herself in the middle of an online storm, where she'll have to confront the blurriness of public vs. private life, and figure out what it really means to speak her truth.

Reviews (2)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 9 Up--CeCe Ross and Silvie Castillo Ramírez met on the second day of freshman year in their high school's brand new Gender and Sexuality Alliance and have been inseparable ever since. Together, they are the Internet-famous couple Cevie, a brand that has earned them a million followers each and substantial income as influencers. When Silvie unexpectedly breaks up with CeCe and #Cevie no longer exists, CeCe loses more than a girlfriend; she loses an identity. In steps Joshua Haim, a violinist who is delightfully disconnected from social media and whose friendship will cause CeCe to reevaluate her identity, the price of keeping secrets, and the meaning of family and love. Verdi addresses sexual identity and cancel culture in this accessible and entertaining novel. Readers will enjoy the relatable and authentic characters, who are bisexual, straight, and lesbian, as well as the exciting climax of the novel. CeCe and Joshua are white, and Silvie is Latina. VERDICT Recommended for public and high school libraries for readability and thoughtful examination of social identity and sexual orientation.--Carly Wiggins Searcy, McNeese State Univ., LA

Kirkus Review

Known to their fans as #Cevie, CeCe and Silvie are girlfriends and teen fashion influencers on an Instagram-like app. However, bisexual CeCe's online and real-life worlds are upended when Silvie ends their relationship and CeCe soon finds herself attracted to a boy from whom she keeps her online life a secret. For more than two years, CeCe has followed Silvie's lead, to the point of squelching her own political voice to amass followers, likes, and sponsorships. CeCe, who lives with her mother and is estranged from her conservative father, admits she is addicted to social media and worries about losing followers and navigating cancel culture. When she meets Josh, an internet-shunning violinist who goes to a different Cincinnati high school, she decides to hide her online fame while exploring her feelings for him. The novel frames solid debates about the pros and cons of social media in believable dialogue while app posts at the end of every chapter cleverly illustrate what is happening in CeCe's online life. In this first-person novel, the personal and political issues around CeCe's bisexuality are deftly handled. Typical high school experiences like prom and awkward encounters with exes are seamlessly woven into the plot--with a rainbow twist. CeCe and Josh are White; Silvie is Mexican American. A page-turning exploration of the perils of social media and the complexities of sexuality. (Fiction. 13-18) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.