With taut, realistic dialogue, she expertly crafts blossoming friendships and nascent romances.' - Publishers Weekly 'Mills (First & Then) seamlessly creates art imitating life imitating art while bringing freshness to the familiar romantic conventions she invokes. the backdrop of school interactions, family events, (including her sister's dangerous premature delivery), gaming, part-time job, developing interest in a hot new band, and personal growth in her circle of friends is exceptional. The course of true love never did run smooth, but in the case of these two lovers, the journey is worth your while.' - Kirkus Reviews Claudia narrates in funny, conversational first-person present as the plot meanders toward opening night of Midsummer, allowing time for Claudia's blooming relationships and self-confidence to develop. the characters are wonderfully fresh and honest. friendship struggles and romances old and new, Mills evokes the high stakes and vast rewards of trust, intimacy, and honesty.' - Publishers Weekly, starred review

Smart, funny, and thoroughly, wonderfully flawed, Claudia navigates a world of intense friendships and tentative romance in Foolish Hearts, a YA novel about expanding your horizons, allowing yourself to be vulnerable, and accepting-and loving-people for who they really are. Thrown together against their will in the class production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, along with the goofiest, cutest boy Claudia has ever known, Iris and Claudia are in for an eye-opening senior year. When Claudia accidentally eavesdrops on the epic breakup of Paige and Iris, the it-couple at her school, she finds herself in hot water with prickly, difficult Iris.

A contemporary young adult novel by Emma Mills about a girl whose high school production of A Midsummer Night's Dream leads her to new friends-and maybe even new love.

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