This Is My Brain in Love
This Is My Brain in Love by I. W. Gregorio is a contemporary young adult novel published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers in 2021. This reprint edition spans 384 pages and is presented in English. The story unfolds through a dual narrative, focusing on Jocelyn Wu and Will Domenici as they navigate their junior year filled with personal aspirations and challenges, including mental health and self-acceptance.
Readers will find a blend of humor and heartfelt moments as Jocelyn and Will confront their individual goals while working together to save Jocelyn’s family restaurant, A-Plus Chinese Garden. The narrative explores themes of race and identity, highlighting the complexities of being a loner and an outcast in a diverse setting. As their partnership evolves into a budding romance, the characters must tackle family prejudices and the pressures of their ambitions, making for a relatable and engaging story.
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A Schneider Family Book Award winner!
A Bank Street Best Book of the Year!
Told in dual narrative, This Is My Brain in Love is a stunning YA contemporary romance, exploring mental health, 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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