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Some Girls Do

by Jennifer Dugan

First love, visibility, and self-discovery

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Awards & Recognition

  • Critical praise

    Praise from Casey McQuiston

    Described as “Earnest, wistful, romantic, and real.”

AlbakiReads Editorial

First love, visibility, and self-discovery

Morgan arrives at a new school after her private Catholic school bars her for being gay. Ruby, meanwhile, spends weekends entering pageants at her former-beauty-queen mother’s urging, though she would rather work on her 1970 Ford Torino. Their growing connection brings differing needs into view: Morgan wants a relationship she can acknowledge openly, while Ruby has not yet shared her feelings with anyone. The romance places questions of coming out, safety, family expectations, and imagining a future alongside the uncertainty of first love.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teen and young adult readers interested in contemporary LGBTQ+ romance
  • Readers seeking a romance that explores coming out and the pressure to keep a relationship private
  • Readers interested in characters navigating family expectations and self-discovery

Themes

First loveComing out and visibilitySafety and secrecyFamily expectationsSelf-discovery

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Book overview

An unforgettable, achingly honest contemporary queer romance about what happens when you find your first love while you're still discovering who you really are.

"Earnest, wistful, romantic, and real."--Casey McQuiston, New York Times bestselling author of Red, White & Royal Blue

"A thoughtful exploration of coming out and safety, a necessary conversation for those within the queer community."--Culturess

Can they go the distance together?

Morgan, an elite track athlete, is forced to transfer late in her senior year after it turns out being gay is against her private Catholic school's code of conduct.

Ruby loves nothing more than tinkering with her baby-blue 1970 Ford Torino, but most weekends she's stuck living out the dreams of her mother, a former beauty queen, by competing in local pageants.

Morgan and Ruby are drawn to each other, and when they're together, Ruby begins to envision a future for herself she never thought possible. But while Morgan--out and proud, and determined to have a fresh start--doesn't want to have to keep their budding relationship a secret, Ruby has never told anyone about the feelings she's denied herself for so long.
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