{"product_id":"empress-of-the-world-paperback","title":"Empress of the World - Paperback","description":"\u003cb\u003eA LAMBADA BOOK AWARD FINALIST - A secluded summer camp filled with brilliant minds and intense emotions sets the stage for an unforgettable queer coming-of-age novel. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Both controversial and long-awaited, this helps to fill a need that is painfully obvious and introduces a wonderful new voice.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I love this this book. Utterly brilliant, utterly beautiful.\"--Lauren Myracle, author of \u003ci\u003eTTYL\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTTFN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNicola Lancaster is spending the summer at the Siegel Institute Summer Program for Gifted Youth--a hothouse of smart, articulate, intense teenagers. Nic's had theater friends and orchestra friends, but never just friend friends. And she's certainly never had a relationship. But on the very first day, she falls in with Katrina the Manic Computer Chick, Isaac the Nice-Guy-Despite-Himself . . . and Battle. Battle Hall Davies, a beautiful blonde dancer from North Carolina, is everything Nic isn't. Soon the two are friends--and then, startlingly, more than friends. What do you do when you think you're attracted to guys, and then you meet a girl who steals your heart? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContinue the story in \u003ci\u003eRules for Hearts, \u003c\/i\u003ewhere a vibrant summer unfolds as Battle Hall Davies finds herself immersed in the quirky found family dynamics of Forest House.","brand":"Penguin Young Readers Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48694767943897,"sku":"9780142500590","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0787\/3121\/5065\/files\/9780142500590.jpg?v=1778560919","url":"https:\/\/www.blacknectarbooks.com\/products\/empress-of-the-world-paperback","provider":"blacknectar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}