Instructions for DancingEvie Thomas doesn't believe in love anymore. Especially after the strangest thing occurs one otherwise ordinary afternoon: She witnesses a couple kiss and is overcome with a vision of how their romance began . . . and how it will end. After all, even the greatest love stories end with a broken heart, eventually. As Evie tries to understand why this is happening, she finds herself at La Brea Dance Studio, learning to waltz, fox trot, and tango with a

Trapped at the crossroads of an -impossible choice

In shedding light on this history

to 'Things That I Would Never Admit Out Loud' and all the boys she'd like to kiss

it's also a collection that will stay with readers for years to come

her Boricua identity

Ever since her body grew into curves

she answers

Milo imagines him playing solitaire in a cluttered apartment full of pets

happy life in small-town Vermont

Antiracism

Only they didn't see it that way: they felt more like star performers in his circus

Filled with authentic details and the textures of day-to-day life in Argentina