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“Khorram nails it once again with this page-turning romance about giving oneself a chance to celebrate one’s true identity. In a nod to the theatre kids, especially the techies, this story comes to life…Jackson realistically models a person who’s part of the Deaf and hard of hearing community…Liam’s taking on the learning of ASL will melt hearts, as well as show what true intention looks like in building connections…A heartwarming romance where creating authentic connections takes center stage.”

– School Library Journal, Starred Review

“An irresistibly readable novel that builds on the tropes of a traditional rom-com. It has a carefully constructed…empathetic and fully realized characters…and sensitive treatment of Jackson’s disability. We’re already putting this on the list of the year’s finer novels.”

– Booklist, Starred Review

The Breakup Lists

Written by Adib Khorram
Published by Dial Books

Jackson Ghasnavi is a lot of things—a techie, a smoothie afficionado, a totally not obsessive list-maker—but one thing he’s not is a romantic. And why would he be? He’s already had a front row seat to his parents’ divorce and picked up the pieces of his sister Jasmine’s broken heart one too many times.

No, Jackson is perfectly happy living life behind the scenes—he is a stage manager, after all—and keeping his romantic exploits limited to the breakup lists he makes for Jasmine, which chronicle every flaw (real or imagined) of her various and sundry exes.

Enter Liam: the senior swim captain turned leading man that neither of the Ghasnavi siblings stop thinking about. Not that Jackson has a crush, of course. Jasmine is already setting her sights on him and he’s probably—no, definitely—straight anyway.

So why does the idea of eventually writing a breakup list for him feel so impossible?

Primary ISBN: 9780593616390
Publication Date: April 2024
Available As: Hardcover, Paperback, Audiobook, eBook
Young Adult, Age 14 or older

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Setting: United States

Character's Place in the Immigration Journey: Unknown Arrival

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