Amy Spalding - No Boy Summer

Monday, April 24, 2023 - 6:00pm

Monday, April 24, 6pm CT

In person at Left Bank Books

399 N. Euclid Ave

St. Louis, MO 63108

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Virtually at Left Bank Books' YouTube Page

Left Bank Books presents bestselling, St. Louis-raised, YA superstar,

Amy Spalding,

who will discuss her "buoyant and genuinely funny",

No Boy Summer,

in our store on April 24th at 6pm!

Amy will be in conversation with St. Louis' YA & MG rising star author

Catherine Bakewell!

Join us in the store or on YouTube Live Page.

Order copies of

No Boy Summer

from Left Bank Books to support authors and independent bookstores!

Spalding will personalize and sign copies for sale from Left Bank Books.

If you are unable to make it in person, leave a personalization note in your order.

Amy Spalding is the author of several novels, including Kissing Ted Callahan (and Other Guys), The Summer of Jordi Perez (and the Best Burger in Los Angeles), and We Used to Be Friends, which Becky Albertalli called "complex, earnest, and unflinching." She lives in Los Angeles.

Catherine Bakewell writes fairytales for anyone with big feelings. She currently lives in St. Louis, but she misses her time in Spain and in France, where she romped through gardens, ate pastries, and worked on her novels. She is the author of the Middle Grade Fantasy WE ARE THE SONG (Holiday House 2022) and the YA Fantasy FLOWERHEART (HarperTeen 2023).

"Buoyant and genuinely funny. A love letter to summer friends, summer girls, and the city of Los Angeles."-- Rainbow Rowell, No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Scattered Showers

Lydia and her younger sister Penny make a pact to avoid boy drama for the summer--but Lydia can't help looking for a loophole when she falls for a cute girl

Lydia Jones and her younger sister Penny have had it with boy drama. Last year was marred by relationship disasters for both of them, threatening Lydia's standing with her school's theater tech club and Penny's perfect GPA. Penny has, naturally, diagnosed the problem and prescribed a drastic solution: a summer off from boys.

Lydia and Penny decide to stay with their Aunt Grace and her boyfriend Oscar in Los Angeles while their parents are off on a European cruise. Penny follows her future-business-school dreams with an internship at Oscar's office, and Lydia gets a part-time job at Grace's neighborhood coffeeshop, Grounds Control.

Even when they spent hours, days, weeks dissecting their various boy drama, Lydia's never felt this connected to her sister before, and it makes her wonder what else in her life could be different. She finds herself drawn to a group of friends she meets through her Grounds Control coworker, Margaret, as well as an intriguing customer, Fran, an aspiring filmmaker and--while not the first girl Lydia finds herself attracted to--the first girl who has mutual feelings for her. But she's not breaking her pledge to Penny, right? That was just about boys. Even though in her heart Lydia knows she's bending the rules, she hasn't had a connection with anyone as strong as her connection with Fran, so she thinks it can't be wrong. And Penny won't mind as long as she's happy . . . Right?

"No Boy Summer is the perfect summer hangout book-- warm, witty, and heartfelt. Watching Lydia turn into a person who's more than the sum of her romantic relationships is an empowering, relatable journey."-- Mary McCoy, award-winning author of Indestructible Object

"I want to spend every summer with Amy Spalding's characters. Thoughtful, funny, and a great escape from whatever ails you."-- Sara Farizan, author of Tell Me Again How a Crush Should Feel

Event address:

399 N. Euclid Ave.

Saint Louis, MO 63108

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