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Elston, Ashley.
10 BLIND DATES
Los Angeles :  Disney-Hyperion, 2019.
IL YA
ISBN     9781368027496

2 booktalks
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 Booktalk #1

So much for a quiet Christmas break for heart-broken Sophia; instead she gets to spend it with her large, boisterous family. After a recent and brutal break up, her wacky family devises a contest, setting her up on ten blind dates to see if they can find the perfect match for Sophia. Will it work? Will she die of embarrassment? What could be the worst date possible? (And in the midst, hopefully she will discover that family is the most important thing of all.) (Florida Teen Reads nominees 2021)

Booktalk #2

Sophie’s parents are getting ready to visit her very pregnant older sister. Sophie welcomes this opportunity to have a little freedom. She plans to stay home and spend some quality time with her boyfriend, Griffin. However, her parents and Griffin have other ideas. Her parents break the news that she’ll have to stay with her grandparents and extended family during the holiday break. She also learns that she and Griffin are definitely not on the same page as to the future of their relationship. When Sophie’s family sees how devastated she is, her Nonna and the rest of the family devise a plan to set Sophie up on 10 blind dates. Unsurprisingly, some dates are crazy - like being signed up for a lead role in a living nativity with a boy who is so short that he only comes to her shoulder. Others actually turn out to be pretty great, like one where they score an invite to an exclusive party. Regardless of how the dates turn out, one thing is for sure - this is a holiday break that she’ll never forget! '(Georgia Peach Book Award, 2022)


SUBJECTS:   Dating (Social customs) -- Fiction.
                        Families -- Fiction.
                        Christmas stories.
                        Blind dates -- Fiction.
                        High school students -- Fiction.
                        Grandparents -- Fiction.
                        Louisiana -- Fiction.
                        Young adult fiction.
                        Family life -- Fiction.
                        Christmas -- Fiction.

 
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