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Every Reason We Shouldn't

Sara Fujimura

Tor Teen

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ISBN10: 1250204089
ISBN13: 9781250204080

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352 Pages

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Sixteen-year-old figure skater Olivia Kennedy’s Olympic dreams have ended. She’s bitter, but enjoying life as a regular teenager instead of trying to live up to expectations of being the daughter of Olympians Michael Kennedy and Midori Nakashima . . . until Jonah Choi starts training at her family's struggling rink.

Jonah's driven, talented, going for the Olympics in speed skating, completely annoying . . . and totally gorgeous. Between teasing Jonah, helping her best friend try out for roller derby, figuring out life as a normal teen and keeping the family business running, Olivia's got her hands full. But will rivalry bring her closer to Jonah, or drive them apart?

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Praise for Every Reason We Shouldn't

“A rich, emotionally layered story . . . Wonderful.”—NPR

“Readers will enjoy the well-developed characters, witty dialogue, and cringe-worthy romantic fumbles right through to the awfully neat, but very happy ending.”School Library Connection

“This book is like a warm hug filled with all the things I love. I started smiling from page one and couldn’t put it down.”—Courtney Milan

“Whether your first ice skating romance was The Cutting Edge or Yuri!!! On Ice, you will absolutely love this book. Full of complicated family relationships, sparkling friendships, and a completely delicious romance, Every Reason We Shouldn’t is an uplifting love song to everyone who’s ever lost their way, and then had the courage to find it again.”—Lindsay Ribar, author of Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies

“Sure to take the gold.”Kirkus Reviews

“Compelling . . . an obvious choice for fans of classic love stories that play out on the ice, but also for readers looking for a nuanced story of self-discovery.”—Booklist

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Chapter 1


I roll into the parking lot of Ice Dreams and swap my in-line skates for mint-colored Chucks. I’ve got fifty-one minutes before my lesson. If she shows. So far this month Hannah has called out four times. Cramps....

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About the author

Sara Fujimura

SARA FUJIMURA is an award-winning young adult author and creative writing teacher. She is the American half of her Japanese-American family, and has written about Japanese culture and raising bicultural children for such magazines as Appleseeds, Learning Through History, East West, and Mothering, as well as travel-related articles for To Japan With Love. Her self-published young adult novels include Tanabata Wish and Breathe. She lives in Phoenix with her husband and children.

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