This is my brain in love /
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TextPublication details: London : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 2021Description: 384 pages ; 21 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780316423830 (pbk.) :Genre/Form: Young adult fiction. | Teenage Fiction. | General Stories. | Children's / Teenage fiction & true stories | Children's / Teenage fiction: Romance & relationships stories | Children's / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories | Children's / Teenage fiction: General fiction | Children's / Teenage general interest: People & places | Children's / Teenage: Personal & social issues | Children's / Teenage personal & social issues: Disability & special needs | Children's / Teenage personal & social issues: Racism & multiculturalism | Relating to African American people | Relating to Asian American people DDC classification: 813.6 Summary: Told in dual narrative, This Is My Brain in Love is a stunning YA contemporary romance, exploration of mental health and race, and, ultimately, self-acceptance, for fans of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter and Emergency Contact. Jocelyn Wu has just three wishes for her junior year: To make it through without dying of boredom, to direct a short film with her BFF Priya Venkatram, and to get at least two months into the year without being compared to or confused with Peggy Chang, the only other Chinese girl in her grade.Will Domenici has two goals: to find a paying summer internship, and to prove he has what it takes to become an editor on his school paper. Then Jocelyn's father tells her their family restaurant may be going under, and all wishes are off. Because her dad has the marketing skills of a dumpling, it's up to Jocelyn and her unlikely new employee, Will, to bring A-Plus Chinese Garden into the 21st century (or, at least, to Facebook).What starts off as a rocky partnership soon grows into something more. But family prejudices and the uncertain future of A-Plus threaten to keep Will and Jocelyn apart. It will take everything they have and more, to save the family restaurant and their budding romance.
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Told in dual narrative, This Is My Brain in Love is a stunning YA contemporary romance, exploration of mental health and race, and, ultimately, self-acceptance, for fans of I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter and Emergency Contact. Jocelyn Wu has just three wishes for her junior year: To make it through without dying of boredom, to direct a short film with her BFF Priya Venkatram, and to get at least two months into the year without being compared to or confused with Peggy Chang, the only other Chinese girl in her grade.Will Domenici has two goals: to find a paying summer internship, and to prove he has what it takes to become an editor on his school paper. Then Jocelyn's father tells her their family restaurant may be going under, and all wishes are off. Because her dad has the marketing skills of a dumpling, it's up to Jocelyn and her unlikely new employee, Will, to bring A-Plus Chinese Garden into the 21st century (or, at least, to Facebook).What starts off as a rocky partnership soon grows into something more. But family prejudices and the uncertain future of A-Plus threaten to keep Will and Jocelyn apart. It will take everything they have and more, to save the family restaurant and their budding romance.