Before I could fashion a smirk, I had to lick my dry lips. “Maybe it’s more of a consolation prize,” he conceded. “And what happens when I get there first?” “So how’s about if I touch it first, you drive me to Voodoo Doughnuts as soon as I move to Seattle?” Quattro said. “You know the Sun Gate in Machu Picchu? The two stone pillars on top of the mountain?” What she enjoys best is trekking the world with her two compadres, her teen kids. That’s a fancy way of saying that she helps leaders tell their stories at companies like Disney and AT+T, NASDAQ and Microsoft. When she isn’t writing for teens, Justina is an executive communications strategista. Her other novels are Girl Overboard (a Junior Library Guild premiere selections) and Nothing but the Truth (and a few white lies), which won the Asian Pacific American Award for Literature.Ī passionate advocate of teen advocacy, Justina co-founded readergirlz, a cutting-edge literacy and social media project for teens, which won the National Book Foundation’s Prize for Innovations in Reading. Justina Chen is an award-winning novelist for young adults whose books include A Blind Spot for Boys, Return to Me, and North of Beautiful (a Best Book of the Year by Kirkus and Barnes & Noble). Love and loss, humor and heartbreak collide in this new novel from acclaimed author Justina Chen ( North of Beautiful). But even as Shana travels away from Quattro, she can’t get him out of her mind.

Shana and her parents vow to make the most of the time her father has left to see, so they plan a photo safari to Machu Picchu. But just as she’s about to rethink her ban on boys, she receives crushing news: Her dad is going blind. Sparks don’t simply fly they ignite-and so does Shana’s interest. Wrongs and devote herself to her true passion: photography.Įnter Quattro, the undeniably intriguing lacrosse player who slams into Shana one morning in Seattle.

After a devastating breakup, she decides it’s time to end the plague of Mr. Can she trust the one who’s right in front of her? Synopsis: Shana Wilde has always had a blind spot for boys. Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult

A Blind Spot for Boys by Justina Chen