Zyla & Kai by Kristina Forest
The author of bestselling adult romance novels The Partner Plot and The Neighbor Favor introduces Zyla & Kai. Now in paperback, this fresh opposites-attract teen romance is about the will they, won't they--and why can't they--of first love.While on a school trip to the Poconos (in the middle of a storm), high school seniors, Zyla Matthews and Kai Johnson, run away together, leaving their friends and family confused. As far as everyone knows, Zyla and Kai have been broken up for months. And honestly? Their break up didn't surprise anyone. Zyla and Kai met while working together at an amusement park the previous summer, and they couldn't have been more different from each other.
Zyla was a cynic about love. She witnessed the dissolution of her parents' marriage early in life, and it left an indelible impression. Her only aim was graduating and going to fashion school abroad. Until she met Kai.
Kai was a serial monogamist and a hopeless romantic. He put a temporary pause on his dating life before senior year to focus on school and getting into his dream HBCU. Until he met Zyla.
Alternating between the past and present, we see the love story unfold primarily from Zyla's and Kai's perspectives: how they first became the unlikeliest of friends over the summer, how they fell in love during the school year, and why they ultimately broke up. . . . Or did they?
Kristina Forest grew up in Lawnside, New Jersey, a little village that also happened to be the first self-governing African American community north of the Mason-Dixon line. She began dancing at the age of seven and aspired to be a backup dancer for Michael Jackson. She discovered she preferred writing to dance by the time she was seventeen, so she enrolled at Rowan University and majored in Writing Arts, followed by an MFA in Creative Writing from the New School. Kristina works in the publishing industry for children's books and resides in Brooklyn, New York, with two massive bookcases. Her debut novel was I Want to Be Where You Are.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780593407257 |
| ISBN 10 | 0593407253 |
| Title | Zyla & Kai |
| Author | Kristina Forest |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Young Readers |
| Year published | 2024-05-07 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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