The State of Us
Books | Young Adult Fiction / Romance / LGBTQ
3.6
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Shaun David Hutchinson
"Dre and Dean have got my vote!"—Adib Khorram, award-winning author of Darius the Great Is Not OkayWhen Dean Arnault’s mother decided to run for president, it wasn’t a surprise to anyone, least of all her son. But still that doesn’t mean Dean wants to be part of the public spectacle that is the race for the White House—at least not until he meets Dre.The only problem is that Dre Rosario's on the opposition; he’s the son of the Democratic nominee. But as Dean and Dre’s meet-ups on the campaign trail become less left to chance, their friendship quickly becomes a romantic connection unlike any either of the boys have ever known.If it wasn’t hard enough falling in love across the aisle, the political scheming of a shady third-party candidate could cause Dean and Dre’s world to explode around them. It’s a new modern-day, star-crossed romance about what it really means to love your country—and yourself—from the acclaimed author of We Are the Ants and Brave Face, Shaun David Hutchinson.
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Author
Shaun David Hutchinson
Pages
414
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published Date
2020-06-02
ISBN
0062950339 9780062950338
Ratings
Google: 5
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"505 pages of, love, laughter, heartbreak, and drama!"
Sierra straight
"Not good, very cheesey conflicts not and not a very good overall lesson. The Latino/afro-latino representation is just very bad. Not only with the main character being a stereotype but side characters. Like the main characters sister, her curly hair was described as crazy. Then a black character (she was an interviewer I think) description was, afro, and a cheetah print outfit."
River
"the relationship was forced, bad poc rep, and the message was “we can love each other despite our differences” except it was in the political sense and the republican candidate was against abortion and lgbtq but was for arming teachers and tax breaks for the rich. and the son was like “i can love my mom despite the fact that her political views hurt women, children, and lgbtq people because i’m separating her from her beliefs which makes no sense. they never tell you who wins the election which was the only reason i kept reading the book. they try to make you sympathize for the republican candidate(who is a woman) because she gets scrutinized by the media when her beliefs are actively hurting women/afab people. like what the hell. "
Parker (they/she)
"It was very cute, very YA, I wish I could’ve read this as a teenager!"
Jourdan Mendoza
"I absolutely loved this book, i've liek read it over 5 times and i even got the advanced reader's version. I would love if this book was made into a movie"
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