![]() "With teenagers," McQuiston says, "you're really allowed to get messy and let them make a lot of mistakes. However, McQuiston feels that a key difference between " I Kissed Shara Wheeler" and their other work is that the characters are teens - so, inevitably, they act like teens. ![]() ![]() Similar to McQuiston's first two titles, readers can expect strong-voiced characters, passionate narration, and the underlined theme of finding a place where one belongs. ![]() McQuiston describes the plot of "I Kissed Shara Wheeler" as being about "a prom queen who runs away on prom night and leaves behind three people she kissed: her academic rival, the boy next door who has a crush on her, and her longtime quarterback boyfriend." The three characters left behind rally together to discover why Shara left - and what she's left behind. " I Kissed Shara Wheeler" has the same elements of LGBTQ representation and romance told through a younger lens, all while not feeling condescending to the young readers who are already fans of McQuiston's work. While " I Kissed Shara Wheeler" is McQuiston's first official YA release, they know that young readers are already in their audience - and make a conscious effort to hold similarities between their first two books and their upcoming third. ![]() "I Kissed Shara Wheeler" brings LGBTQ visibility to the world of a fictional, small-town Christian high school. ![]()
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