ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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BRENDAN KIELY is the New York Times bestselling author of All American Boys (co-written with Jason Reynolds), The Last True Love Story, and The Gospel of Winter. His work has been published in ten languages, and has received a Coretta Scott King Author Honor, the Walter Dean Myers Award, and the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award. His books have twice been named Best Fiction for Young Adults (2015, 2017) by the American Library Association, and The Gospel of Winter was a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2014. Originally from the Boston area, he now lives with his wife in New York City. Find out more at BrendanKiely.com.
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The Last True Love Story
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Kiely, Brendan, 1977- author.
Title: Tradition / Brendan Kiely.
Description: First edition. | New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books,
[2018] | Summary: At Fullbrook Academy, where tradition reigns supreme, James Baxter and Jules Devereux take on privilege, sexism, and the importance of consent.
ISBN 9781481480345 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781481480369 (eBook)
Subjects: | CYAC: Conduct of life—Fiction. | High schools—Fiction. | Schools—Fiction. | Wealth—Fiction. | Rape—Fiction. | Sexism—Fiction.
Classification: LCC PZ7.K5398 (eBook) | LCC PZ7.K5398 Tr 2018 (print) | DDC [Fic]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017026455