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PSpalding, Amy
THE SUMMER OF JORDI PEREZ (AND THE BEST BURGER IN LOS ANGELES)
New York : Sky Pony Press, 2018
IL YA
ISBN  9781510727663

(2 booktalks)
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 Booktalk #1

This was supposed to be teen fashion blogger Abby Ives’ best summer ever. She landed the internship of a lifetime: working for Lemonberry, her favorite Los Angeles boutique, and it’s nearly guaranteed to turn into a paid position in the Fall. Trouble is, there’s another intern competing for the paid spot: photography phenom Jordi Perez who, Abby has to admit, is really REALLY cute. Suddenly, her sure-thing job doesn’t seem like a done deal anymore. The plus side? Jordi likes her back. Add in an epic burger quest with her new friend Jax, and maybe this summer isn’t so bad after all. But how do you compete with the girl you just can’t stop kissing? (Georgia Peach Book Award, 2020)

Booktalk #2

At the beginning of the summer, plus-sized fashion blogger Abby is sure she’s destined to play the sassy best friend in the romantic comedy of her friend Maliah’s life. But then she meets Jordi Perez. She and Jordi have both scored internships at Lemonberry, a clothing boutique, and they’re competing against each other for a paid job at the store in the fall. Abby needs to up her game if she wants to beat Jordi, but it’s tough when she’s falling for her hard. Meanwhile, Abby’s diet blogger mom is pressuring her to be the “before” to an “after” that Abby has no interest in suffering for, and Maliah’s boyfriend’s best friend Jax has roped her into a summer-long project eating and rating burgers for an app his dad is developing. Looks like Abby might be the star of her summer romcom after all.  (Book Talk by Becky Standal, Longview Public Library ) (Washington Evergreen Book Award nominee 2021)

SUBJECTS:    Lesbians -- Fiction.
                        Overweight persons -- Fiction.
                        Interns -- Fiction.
                        Fashion -- Fiction.
                        Friendship -- Fiction.       
                        Cheeseburgers -- Fiction.
                        Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction.

 
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