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Inheriting a gay bar from your secretive great-uncle? Awkward. Trying to save it while catching feelings for the wrong girl? Complicated. From the author of She Drives Me Crazy comes an exuberant YA novel about queer joy, found family, and standing your ground. When eighteen-year-old Louisa Wade inh...

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Main Author: Quindlen, Kelly (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Roaring Brook Press, 2026.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Prejudices > Fiction.
Lesbians > Fiction.
Homecoming > Fiction.
Uncles > Fiction.
Alabama > Fiction.
Women-woman relationships > Fiction.
Bars (Drinking establishments) > Fiction.
Inheritance and succession > Fiction.
Romance fiction.
Lesbian fiction.
Queer fiction.
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Summary:Inheriting a gay bar from your secretive great-uncle? Awkward. Trying to save it while catching feelings for the wrong girl? Complicated. From the author of She Drives Me Crazy comes an exuberant YA novel about queer joy, found family, and standing your ground. When eighteen-year-old Louisa Wade inherits a gay bar from her late great-uncle, she figures there's been some kind of mistake. There's no way Uncle George<U+2015>football legend and hometown hero of Rustin, Alabama<U+2015>could have secretly owned a queer bar... right? But The Frisky Cricket is real, and so is the messy legacy Uncle George left behind<U+2015>including his grumpy ex-partner, Hatch, who wants nothing more than to sell the bar. Louisa may have zero business experience, but she's determined to keep it open for the vibrant queer community that calls it home. As the summer heats up, Louisa's crusade puts her on a collision course with Aubrey Calhoun: the pretty, popular, and sharp-tongued daughter of Rustin University's newly crowned football coach. The girls start off on the wrong foot, but a tentative truce leads to late nights, shared secrets, and a growing spark. But things threaten to sputter out when Coach Calhoun sets his sights on The Frisky Cricket, scheming to replace it with a new athletic facility<U+2015>celebrating Uncle George's football career while erasing his queerness. Now Louisa must decide if she can fight for Uncle George's legacy without losing sight of herself in the process.
Physical Description:280 pages ; 22 cm
Audience:Ages 14-18
Grades 10-12
ISBN:9781250911063
1250911060
Author Notes:Kelly Quindlen is the bestselling author of the young adult novels She Drives Me Crazy (winner of the Volunteer State Book Award), Late to the Party, and Her Name in the Sky . Her books have been featured in The New York Times , Business Insider , Vulture , and Paste . Kelly enjoys speaking to high school GSAs, PFLAG groups, and all manner of LGBTQ+ positive organizations. She lives in Atlanta with her fiancée and their saucy cat, Peach Marie.

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