Izzy + Tristan (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780316415385)

A classic romantic tale with a modern twist, this dazzling Indies Introduce pick follows two New York teenagers as they secretly fall in love for the first time.

Izzy, a practical-minded teen who intends to become a doctor, isn't happy about her recent move from the Lower East Side across the river to Brooklyn. She feels distanced from her family, especially her increasingly incomprehensible twin brother, as well as her new neighborhood.
And then she meets Tristan.

Tristan is a chess prodigy who lives with his aunt and looks up to his cousin, Marcus, who has watched out for him over the years. When he and Izzy meet one fateful night, together they tumble into a story as old and unstoppable as love itself.

In debut author Shannon Dunlap's capable hands, the romance that has enthralled for 800 years is spun new. Told from several points of view, Izzy + Tristan is a love story for the ages and a love story for this very moment. This fast-paced novel is at once a gripping tale of first love and a sprawling epic about the bonds that tie us together and pull us apart and the different cultures and tensions that fill the contemporary American landscape.


Author: Shannon Dunlap
ISBN-10: 0316415383
ISBN-13: 9780316415385
Publisher: Poppy Books
Language: English
Published: 03/12/2019
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.90w x 1.30d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 12/15/2018 pg. 96
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/2019
School Library Journal 03/01/2019 pg. 113
Voice of Youth Advocates 04/01/2019 - Recommended - Readable