Perfect Chemistry
Capture and experience that rush of feelings associated with first love through these poignant characters.
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1. PERFECT CHEMISTRY by Simone Elkeles
SYNOPSIS
At Fairfield High School, on the outskirts of Chicago, everyone knows that south-siders mixing with north-siders can be explosive. So when Brittany Ellis and Alejandro ‘Alex’ Fuentes are forced to be lab partners in chemistry class, this human experiment leads to unexpected revelations—that Brittany’s flawless reputation is a cover for her troubled home life, that Alex’s bad-boy persona hides his desire to break free from gang ties, and that when they’re together, life somehow makes more sense.
2. RULES OF ATTRACTION by Simone Elkeles
SYNOPSIS
When a cocky and egotistical Carlos Fuentes returns to America after living in Mexico for the past year, he doesn’t want any part of the goody-two-shoes life his older brother Alex has laid out for him in Colorado. When he meets Kiara Westford, a good girl totally unlike any of the girls he’s usually drawn to, Carlos assumes Kiara thinks she’s too good for him. But will he put his pride aside when he realizes that being with Kiara might finally break down his barriers so he can live a clean life instead of the dangerous path he’s currently on?
3. CHAIN REACTION by Simone Elkeles
SYNOPSIS
Luis Fuentes is a good boy who doesn’t live with the angst that his big brothers Alex and Carlos have always lived with. Luis is smart, funny, and has big dreams of becoming an astronaut. But when he falls for the wrong girl, Luis enters a dark world he’s never known, and just when he thinks he’s got life all figured out Luis learns some disturbing news about his family that destroys his positive outlook on life. Will that Fuentes bad boy streak come out with a vengeance and lure Luis to live on the edge like his new girlfriend and his own father?
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Simone Elkeles is a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of novels for teens. Simone writes about teens because she was a teen in the 80s (when spiked hair and blue eye shadow were ‘rad’) and she loves writing about those exciting teen relationships and romances.
She was born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago, where she still lives today. Simone went to the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign and received her Bachelor’s of Science there in Psychology in 1992. She continued her education at Loyola University-Chicago where she received her Master’s of Science degree in Industrial Relations while working for a manufacturing company creating diversity programs for their employees.
She loves animals (she has two dogs—a labradoodle and a German Shepherd), kids (she also has two of those), and her family. In her spare time, she’s the Hockey Mom for her kids’ hockey teams and is an active Girl Scout leader specially trained in outdoor education. She also spends time mentoring other teen and adult authors. She also loves sushi, which you can probably tell by reading her books.
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