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For fans of Becky Albertalli and Kelly Quindlen, We Got the Beat is the perfect queer friends-to-enemies-to-lovers tale. With romance, fat representation, and a meaningful exploration on how past hurts can affect our future, Jenna Miller's novel is sure to deliver all the feels.
Jordan Elliott is a fat, nerdy lesbian, and the first junior to be named editor in chief of the school newspaper. Okay, that last part hasn't happened yet, but it will. It's positive thinking that has gotten Jordan this far. Ever since Mackenzie West, her friend-turned-enemy, humiliated her at the start of freshman year, Jordan has thrown herself into journalism and kept her eyes trained on the future.
So it's a total blow when Jordan discovers that she not only didn't get the editor in chief spot, but she's been assigned the volleyball beat instead. And who is the star and newly crowned captain of the volleyball team Mackenzie West. But words are Jordan's weapon, and she has some ideas about how to exact a long-awaited revenge on her nemesis. Then things get murky when forced time together has Mack and Jordan falling back into their friendship, and into something more. And when Mack confesses the real reason she turned on Jordan freshman year, it has Jordan questioning everything--past, present, and future.
If Jordan lets her guard down and Mack in, will she get everything she wants, or will she be humiliated all over again
Reviews (2)
Publisher's Weekly Review
Following an inseparable summer before freshman year, Jordan Elliot came out as a lesbian to her best friend Mackenzie West, who subsequently dropped her. Now a high school junior, aspiring journalist Jordan is in her element and ready to take the school newspaper by storm. Except she doesn't get named editor-in-chief like she was hoping for. Worse still, she's covering the girls' volleyball team, which Mack just became captain of. Regardless, Jordan is determined to put her all into her assignment--she'll go to the games, learn the rules, and hang out with the team to make her reporting more authentic, just like any good journalist would. As she spends more time with Mack, however, Jordan starts catching glimpses of her old friend beneath the popular girl facade. But finding their way back to each other means confronting why Mack stopped being her friend in the first place. A sluggishly paced plot offers few surprises, but characters with affable personalities and Jordan's endearing self-confidence as both a journalist and a proud fat teen put a positive spin on this enemies-to-lovers romance by Miller (Out of Character). Jordan and Mack read as white. Ages 13--up. Agent: Michaela Whatnall, Dystel, Goderich, & Bourret. (Feb.)
Booklist Review
Apart from Doctor Who, journalism is everything to fat, nerdy lesbian Jordan Elliott. Finally, it's junior year and she is at the top of her game, ready to step into an editor role. Except that when newspaper assignments are posted, there seems to have been some kind of mistake: Jordan is covering the volleyball beat. As if it couldn't get any worse, her best-friend-turned-nemesis, Mackenzie "Mack" West, is the team's captain and Jordan will have to write a feature spotlight on her. Determined to make the best of a worst-case scenario, Jordan resolves to keep their relationship strictly professional, but she suspects Mack is working a different angle. Can they not kiss and make up? Fiercely protective best friend, Audrey, won't let Jordan forget the past, and Isaac, third member of their geek squad, is distracted by Olivia, Mack's best friend and teammate. Meanwhile the Davenport High volleyball team is vying for the state championship, and a late-night hookup, hit piece, and epic romantic gesture ensue. Miller serves a perfect setup for high-school drama in this charming rom-com.