The Weekend
Bucket List
by Mia
Kerick
Genre: YA Contemporary Fiction/Coming of Age
(LGBTQ)
Release Date: April 19th 2018
Duet Books, YA imprint of Interlude
Summary:
High school seniors Cady LaBrie and Cooper Murphy
have yet to set one toe out of line—they’ve never stayed out all night or snuck
into a movie, never gotten drunk or gone skinny-dipping. But they have each
other, forty-eight hours before graduation, and a Weekend Bucket List.
There’s a lot riding on this one weekend, especially since Cady and Cooper have
yet to admit, much less resolve, their confounding feelings for one
another—feelings that prove even more difficult to discern when genial high school
dropout Eli Stanley joins their epic adventure. But as the trio ticks through
their bucket list, the questions they face shift toward something new: Must
friendship play second fiddle to romance? Or can it be the ultimate prize?
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Excerpt:
She acts as if this was my big
idea, but The Weekend Bucket List has got Cady LaBrie’s name written all over
it. She’s persuasive, though—the girl has almost got me believing I came
up with the idea to do everything we never did that “normal” kids do in high
school, all in the forty-eight hours before graduation. We have a lot of lost
time to make up for.
“These fries are so good.”
Cady’s eyes are closed like she’s in goddamned ecstasy. I’m not sure why, but I
look away.
“How can you eat so freaking
much and stay so freaking skinny?” I ask, as Cady starts in on her second large
order of french fries. And these are just appetizers.
“I’m petite, Cooper. Not
skinny... and you’re skinny, too.”
I shrug and suck futilely on the
straw that stands straight in my vanilla shake.
“Whatever.” It doesn’t matter
how thick the shake is; I’m in no rush to suck it down. Cady’s the talker in
this relationship, so all I’ve got to do is sit here and listen.
About the Author:
Mia Kerick is the mother of four exceptional children—all named
after saints—and five nonpedigreed cats—all named after the next best thing to
saints, Boston Red Sox players. Her husband of twenty years has been told by
many that he has the patience of Job, but don’t ask Mia about that, as it is a
sensitive subject.
Mia focuses her stories on the emotional growth of troubled men and their
relationships, and she believes that sex has a place in a love story, but not
until it is firmly established as a love story. As a teen, Mia filled
spiral-bound notebooks with romantic tales of tortured heroes (most of whom
happened to strongly resemble lead vocalists of 1980s big-hair bands) and
stuffed them under her mattress for safekeeping. She is thankful to
Dreamspinner Press for providing her with an alternate place to stash her
stories.
Mia is proud of her involvement with the Human Rights Campaign and cheers for
each and every victory made in the name of marital equality. Her only major
regret: never having taken typing or computer class in school, destining her to
a life consumed with two-fingered pecking and constant prayer to the Gods of
Technology.
Contact Mia at miakerick@gmail.com.
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