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Happy Tuesday! I hope you had a restful, reflective Memorial Day Weekend. Teen Tuesday features The Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert. It's Election Day and eighteen-year-old Marva can't wait to vote. In fact, she's first in line to cast her very first ballot. She's been politically active for awhile working to register people to vote and feels passionate about the electoral process, which is why she's utterly dismayed by her white boyfriend's decision not to vote.
Further back in line is Duke, also voting for the first time. He just wants to get it over with, head to school, take his calculus test, then focus on the evening, when his band will play their first paying gig. Only, when Duke gets to the front of the line, he learns he's not registered to vote at that polling place. Marva overhears this and intervenes. Duke's surprised and intrigued by this intense stranger and accepts her offer of a ride back to his old neighborhood to vote. Only, he's not registered there either and Marva learns that her IG-famous cat, Eartha Kitty, aka Selma, has gone missing.
This smart romance is told from the alternating points of view of Marva and Duke. They are two whip-smart, socially aware Black teens who get to know each other over the course of an eventful election day. Relevant issues from race relations to voter suppression have been skillfully woven into an entertaining romance. I just loved this to bits.
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