Jesmeen Kaur Deo

A charming rom-com about high school debater TJ Powar who--after becoming the subject of an ugly meme--makes a resolution to stop shaving, plucking, and waxing, and prove that she can be her hairy self and still be beautiful...but soon finds this may be her most difficult debate yet. Perfect for fans of Netflix's Never Have I Ever. When TJ Powar--a pretty, popular debater--and her cousin Simran become the subject of a meme: with TJ being the "expectation" of dating an Indian girl and her Sikh cousin who does not remove her body hair being the "reality"--TJ decides to take a stand. She ditches her razors, cancels her waxing appointments, and sets a debate resolution for herself: "This House Believes That TJ Powar can be her hairy self, and still be beautiful." Only, as she sets about proving her point, she starts to seriously doubt anyone could care about her just the way she is--even when the infuriating boy from a rival debate team seems determined to prove otherwise. As her carefully crafted sense of self begins to crumble, TJ realizes that winning this debate may cost her far more than the space between her eyebrows. And that the hardest judge to convince of her arguments might just be herself.

TJ Powar Has Something to Prove

In this contemporary romantic drama for young adults, the high-stakes gang politics of Breaking Bad meets the star-crossed romance of Romeo & Juliet.

To keep Rajan out of prison, Simran agrees to handle his former gang’s books—but when a gang war erupts, they must decide how much they’ll sacrifice for each other.

“A genre-defying masterpiece!”
—Chloe Gong, #1 New York Times best-selling author of These Violent Delights

As long as Simran has known Rajan, her immigrant community has warned her away. She knows what they call him, especially since he got out of juvie: an addict. A gangster. A killer.

But Simran can’t believe Rajan is beyond hope. She’s seen his thoughtfulness firsthand: He’s the only one who’s noticed the pressure she’s under to be perfect—and how close she is to breaking.

So when Rajan’s old gang tries to force him back in, Simran makes a desperate bargain: She’ll become their bookkeeper to clear his debts and keep him out of prison.

But Rajan won’t leave her side while she works, and their forbidden attraction is becoming harder to ignore. Worse, there’s a gang war brewing—and neither of them is likely to get through it unscathed . . . if they get through it at all.

This high-stakes forbidden romance is perfect for fans of star-crossed love and the rich themes and singing prose of Sabaa Tahir and Angie Thomas.

Reasons We Break

TJ Powar ist sportlich, beliebt und ein Ass im Debattierklub, in dem sie mit ihrer Cousine Simran meist im Team antritt. Als nach einem gewonnenen Wettbewerb das Siegerfoto der beiden zu einem fiesen Meme verunstaltet wird, das sich über Simrans Körperbehaarung lustig macht, ist TJ schockiert. Sie beschließt, ihre ganz eigene These aufzustellen: »TJ Powar kann ihr haariges Selbst und trotzdem schön sein.« Um das zu beweisen, wirft sie zu Hause Rasierer und Pinzetten weg, cancelt ihre Termine im Waxing-Studio und findet sich schon bald in wortwörtlich haarigen Situationen wieder. Doch ihre sonst so selbstsichere und schlagfertige Art beginnt zu bröckeln, als sie merkt, dass ihr Projekt sie weit mehr kosten könnte als den Platz zwischen ihren Augenbrauen. Es ist ausgerechnet Charlie, ihr härtester und nervigster Debattierkonkurrent, der ihr einige Argumente zum Beweis ihrer These liefert ...

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