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<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\nYear of Publication:\u00a0<\/strong>2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n A summary from Goodreads: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Two-time Edgar Award finalist Lamar Giles delivers his first contemporary YA\u2014an eye-opening novel that spotlights societal pressures, confronts toxic masculinity, and asks the What does it mean to be a \u201creal man\u201d?<\/strong> Goshen Public Library call number: <\/strong> YF GILES (BOOK-YA)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Lamar Giles Year of Publication:\u00a02020 A summary from Goodreads: Two-time Edgar Award finalist Lamar Giles delivers his first contemporary YA\u2014an eye-opening novel that spotlights societal pressures, confronts toxic masculinity, and asks the What does it mean to be a \u201creal man\u201d? Del has had a crush on Kiera Westing since kindergarten. And now, during […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[18],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3263"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3263"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3265,"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3263\/revisions\/3265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goshenpublib.org\/spotlight\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Del has had a crush on Kiera Westing since kindergarten. And now, during their junior year, she\u2019s finally available. So when Kiera volunteers for an opportunity at their church, Del\u2019s right behind her. Though he quickly realizes he\u2019s inadvertently signed himself up for a Purity Pledge. His best friend, Qwan, doesn\u2019t believe anyone is worth this long of a long game. But Del\u2019s not about to lose his dream girl.
And that\u2019s where fellow pledger Jameer comes in. He can put in the good word, but with other boys circling Kiera like sharks, Del needs to make his move now. However, with all his plotting and scheming, Del never really stops to What does Kiera want? No matter, though\u2014once he gets the girl, he\u2019s sure all will sort itself out. Right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n