Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love

Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love by Jared Reck


Publisher Information: New York, NY: Alfred A. Knopf, June 2021

Summary: 

It's easy to look at high school senior Oscar Olsson and think: lost. He hates school, struggles to read, and wants nothing to do with college. But Oscar is anything but lost---he knows exactly what he wants and exactly how to get it. Oscar and Farfar, the Swedish grandfather who's raised him, run a food truck together selling rullekebab and munkar, and Oscar wants to finish school so he can focus on the food truck full-time.

It's easy to look at Mary Louise (Lou for short) Messinger and think: driven. AP everything, valedictorian in her sights, and Ivy league college aspirations.

When Lou hijacks Oscar's carefully crafted schedule of independent studies and blocks of time in the Culinary Lab, Oscar is roped into helping Lou complete her over-ambitious, resume-building service project-reducing food waste in Central Adams High School. While Lou stands to gain her Girl Scout Gold Award, Oscar will be faced with a mountain of uneaten school apples and countless hours with a girl he can't stand.

With the finish line in sight, a relationship he never expected, and festival season about to begin (for good), the unthinkable happens, and Oscar's future is anything but certain.

 


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Links of Interest: 

Author Website: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/549850/donuts-and-other-proclamations-of-love-by-jared-reck/

Publisher Website:https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/549850/donuts-and-other-proclamations-of-love-by-jared-reck/

YALSA Amazing Audiobooks Recommendation: https://static.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jared-reck/donuts-and-other-proclamations-of-love/


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