The Bad Boyfriend Curse
Written by Farah Heron
Published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Meera Noorani has spent her whole life playing it safe.
Raised by her single mom, she’s had to—especially in love. After all, it has been proven, generation after generation, that all Noorani women are cursed to have partners who ruin their lives.
And though she tried her best to avoid it, Meera’s fate comes a-calling, and within the span of a week, she’s broken up with, arrested, and then shipped to small-town Canada, where she’ll be completing her community service under the watchful eye of her mom and her new stepdad.
Meera’s spent her whole life being good, and this is the thanks she gets?
If she can pose a threat to Mom’s perfect new life, though, maybe she can get back to the city. And there’s no better way to do that than date one of her fellow teen delinquents. Noah has got the piercings, tattoos, and rumors to prove that he’s the town’s most infamous bad boy…but when the bad boy isn’t actually bad, what’s a girl meant to do?
Primary ISBN: 9781665957601
Publication Date: July 2026
Available As: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook
Young Adult, Age 12 or older
Community Represented: Filipino/Filipino American, Indian/Indian American
Themes: Canadian Connection, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Dating, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Discrimination: Microaggression, Discrimination: Racial, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 2nd, Generational Differences, Genre: Romance, Identity: Exploration, Identity: Multiracial, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Intergenerational
Setting: Canada (Toronto, Ontario)
Character's Place in the Immigration Journey: 2nd Generation, 1st Generation
Book Creator(s) Connection to the Community Represented: Own Voices/Lived Experience
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