Perfect Chemistry
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When Brittany Ellis walks into chemistry class on the first day of senior year, she has no clue that her carefully created "perfect" life is about to unravel before her eyes. She's forced to be lab partners with Alex Fuentes, a gang member from the other side of town, and he is about to threaten everything she's worked so hard for-her flawless reputation, her relationship with her boyfriend, and the secret that her home life is anything but perfect.
Alex is a bad boy and he knows it. So when he makes a bet with his friends to lure Brittany into his life, he thinks nothing of it. But soon Alex realizes Brittany is a real person with real problems, and suddenly the bet he made in arrogance turns into something much more.
Neither Brittany nor Alex is prepared for the most surprising chemical reaction of all—love.
Don't miss any of these other books from New York Times bestselling author Simone Elkeles:
The Perfect Chemistry Trilogy
Perfect Chemistry
Rules of Attraction
Chain Reaction
Better Than Perfect
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Simone Elkeles. (2010). Perfect Chemistry. Bloomsbury Publishing.
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Alex is a bad boy and he knows it. So when he makes a bet with his friends to lure Brittany into his life, he thinks nothing of it. But soon Alex realizes Brittany is a real person with real problems, and suddenly the bet he made in arrogance turns into something much more.
Neither Brittany nor Alex is prepared for the most surprising chemical reaction of all—love.
Don't miss any of these other books from New York Times bestselling author Simone Elkeles:
The Perfect Chemistry Trilogy
Perfect Chemistry
Rules of Attraction
Chain Reaction
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Gr 10 Up-Told in alternating narratives, "Perfect Chemistry" portrays a romance between two unlikely lab partners. Brittany is her Chicago high school's "golden girl" but few of her friends know that her parents are totally dysfunctional and that she is highly invested in caring for her physically and mentally disabled older sister. Alex is a member of the Latino Blood, but he wishes he could leave gang life and pursue a college career. The plot thickens as Alex accepts a bet from a friend that he cannot bed Brittany by Thanksgiving. Smoldering doesn't quite do justice to the romantic banter that sparks between them. As the story unfolds, Alex is incarcerated and later hospitalized. Raw language and Spanish phrases that Anglo readers might feel obligated to investigate further are peppered throughout. The pace picks up too quickly at the end, leaving readers wondering if they missed something as time that has previously been marked day by day begins to clip along in five-month increments. Overall though, this is a solid romance that's suitable for reluctant readers."Leah Krippner, Harlem High School, Machesney Park, IL"Copyright 2009 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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Grades 9-12 Tough guyAlex is primarily known by his classmates as a dangerous member of the Latino Bloods gang. Hes not exactly thrilled when Brittany Ellis, the schools seemingly perfect beauty queen, is assigned as his lab partnerand the feeling is more than mutual. But Alexs bravado works against him when he impulsively accepts a bet that he can get Brittany in the sack.The romance that follows will not surprise any reader, yet Elkeles gives it heart by constantly switching point of view from Alex to Brittany to provide dual running commentaries on their minute-by-minute insecurities and urges. Brittanys controlling parents and sister with cerebral palsy are well drawn, but it is Elkeles rendition of Alex and hislife that is particularly vivid. Sprinkling his speech with Spanish, his gruff but tender interactions with his family and friends feel completely genuine. An idealized epilogue drains away some of the books realism, but if the romance angle isnt pushed too hard, this is a novel that could be embraced by male and female readers in equal measure.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2008, American Library Association.)
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Brittany and Alex couldn't be more different: she's her school's golden girl, and he's a tough gang member. When they are partnered for chemistry class, however, each one realizes there's more beneath the other's surface image. The two do have an unmistakable attraction, but self-conscious writing and dialogue detract from the romance.(Copyright 2009 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)
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Alex is a bad boy and he knows it. So when he makes a bet with his friends to lure Brittany into his life, he thinks nothing of it. But soon Alex realizes Brittany is a real person with real problems, and suddenly the bet he made in arrogance turns into something much more.
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