19 Love Songs
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4.7 • 3 Ratings
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
The New York Times bestselling author of Every Day, Someday, and Two Boys Kissing is back with a short story collection about love!
A resentful member of a high school Quiz Bowl team with an unrequited crush.
A Valentine's Day in the life of Every Day's protagonist "A."
A return to the characters of Two Boys Kissing.
19 Love Songs, from New York Times bestselling author David Levithan, delivers all of these stories and more. Born from Levithan's tradition of writing a story for his friends each Valentine's Day, this collection brings all of them to his readers for the first time. With fiction, nonfiction, and a story in verse, there's something for every reader here.
Witty, romantic, and honest, teens (and adults) will come to this collection not only on Valentine's Day, but all year round.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Levithan (Someday) celebrates different aspects of love through song, verse, graphic art, and stories in this collection of "tracks," many previously published in other anthologies, written with tenderness and humor. Most selections focus on gay male relationships, beginning with a story about a high school student's "unarticulated crush" on a quiz bowl teammate and progressing on to an examination of a couple's ups and downs through the changing seasons of one year. "Day 2934" offers a child's perspective of his mother's affection during one special Valentine's Day. "We" captures the pervading atmosphere of warmth and kinship ("You are yourself and something much larger than yourself, all at once") during a massive, peaceful protest march. Levithan's voice resounds strongly throughout, communicating a passion for kindness, individuality, and storytelling, and frequently encapsulating the mood and profundity of single moments. Threads connect the diverse protagonists (some of whom have appeared in previous works): many characters are struggling to find their identity, and most possess a strong desire to feel understood and wanted in this optimistic reminder of the transforming power of love. Ages 14 up.
