Recommended Age: 14 & up
Citation: Moore, L. (2016). Flannery. Groundwood Books.
Content Warning: abusive relationship.
Flannery Malone is sixteen and hopelessly in love with her childhood crush Tyrone who recently grew out of his dorky phase. Tyrone has become a rebellious graffiti artist with a penchant for skipping class and which is unfortunate as he is Flannery’s partner for entrepreneurship class. But this isn’t Flannery’s only problem. Her mother doesn’t have enough money, her best friend has abandoned her to hang out with her horrible boyfriend, and things only get more complicated when she creates a love potion for their project, and it goes viral.
This book is a sweet, heartbreaking, and honest story that will have readers rooting for Flannery from start to finish.
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