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New Romantics by Jennie Wood

New Romantics

Jennie Wood, Dozerdraws, Micah Myers

Mad Cave Studios · Hardcover · Forthcoming

All the Drama You Crave When Maple Falls Christian School cancels its drama department, theater-obsessed Sawyer Chase refuses to give up her dreams.

Coming of AgeContemporary YA RomanceTheater & Musicals for Teens
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Who it’s for
A student performing group tests the boundaries of school, family, and small-town expectations.
Genres
Theater & Musicals for Teens, Contemporary YA Romance, Coming of Age
Published
Mad Cave Studios, Forthcoming

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About this book

All the Drama You Crave When Maple Falls Christian School cancels its drama department, theater-obsessed Sawyer Chase refuses to give up her dreams. She forms New Romantics, a student performing group, but keeping the act “wholesome” proves impossible when secret crushes, hidden identities, and forbidden romances collide with the expectations of their school, parents, and small-town community.

Maple Falls Theater

A student performing group tests the boundaries of school, family, and small-town expectations.

Come here for

  • Sawyer Chase’s student performing group
  • A drama department closure that prompts a new stage venture

Expect

  • Secret crushes and hidden identities
  • Forbidden romances amid school, parent, and community expectations

Where it sits

Theater & Musicals for Teens70%
Contemporary YA Romance39%
Coming of Age35%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • YA Coming-of-Age Comics
  • YA LGBTQ+ Comics
  • YA Romance Comics
Authors
Jennie Wood, Dozerdraws, Micah Myers
Publisher
Mad Cave Studios
Published
Forthcoming
Format
Hardcover
Reading lane
YA Coming-of-Age Comics