wow the description sounds really good.
Rules of Attraction (Perfect Chemistry)
By Simone Elkeles
Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
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Grades 9 - 12 | Grades 3 - 5 | Z+ | 4.3 | n/a |
Carlos Fuentes doesn't want any part of the life his older brother, Alex, has laid out for him in Boulder, Colorado. He wants to keep living on the edge, and carve his own path just like Alex did. Unfortunately, his ties to a Mexican gang aren't easy to break, and he soon finds himself being set up by a drug lord.
When Alex arranges for Carlos to live with his former professor and his family to keep him from being sent to jail, Carlos feels completely out of place. He's even more thrown by his strong feelings for the professor's daughter, Kiara, who is nothing like the girls he's usually drawn to. But Carlos and Kiara soon discover that in matters of the heart, the rules of attraction overpower the social differences that conspire to keep them apart.
As the danger grows for Carlos, he's shocked to discover that it's this seemingly All-American family who can save him. But is he willing to endanger their safety for a chance at the kind of life he's never even dreamed possible?
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I was really impressed by this book! It's a really good YA novel that teaches us about trust and friendship and the importance of good relationships. I like the main characters because they are relatable - Carlos is impulsive but clever, and Kiara is really gentle but she isn't like most girls. She's more simple and sassy rather than mean and snide, the kind of girls that Carlos usually prefers. There are a lot of problems that the pair encounter, like initial mutual hate/dislike for each other, etc, but in the end they work their way past their problems into a sweet ending.