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Sunrise Nights by Jeff Zentner, Brittany Cavallaro

Sunrise Nights

by Jeff Zentner, Brittany Cavallaro

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  • Jul 2024, 400 pages
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Two young artists have a chance meeting on the last night of summer arts camp in this YA novel in verse and dialogue cowritten by acclaimed authors Jeff Zentner and Brittany Cavallaro.

Jude loves photography, and he's good at it, too. Between his parents' divorce and his anxiety, being behind a camera is the only time his mind is quiet.

Florence is confronting the premature end of her dance career as a degenerative eye disease begins to steal her balance. She's having a hard time letting go.

The two meet at Sunrise Night, their sleepaway art camp's dusk-to-dawn closing celebration, and decide to take a chance on each other. Their one rule: No contact for a year after the sun has risen. Over the course of three Sunrise Nights, will Florence and Jude find a deeper connection and learn who they are—and who they could be together?

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"Will hook readers from the start. A smart, swoony, and witty romance." —Kirkus Reviews

"Coauthors Cavallaro and Zentner employ spot-on banter to deliver a romance teeming with an ambiance of endless possibility on the precipice of devastating heartbreak. Luminous." —Publishers Weekly

"An ode to those magically elastic nights of summer, when anything and everything feels possible. A knockout!" —Emily Henry, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"If there were any doubts that the combined forces of Zentner and Cavallaro would knock our socks off, this gorgeous book lays them to rest." —David Arnold, New York Times bestselling author

"Funny, lyrical, and utterly charming--Sunrise Nights is a whip-smart romantic stunner. I absolutely loved it." —Jasmine Warga, New York Times bestselling author

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Jeff Zentner, Brittany Cavallaro Author Biography

Jeff Zentner is the author of New York Times Notable Book The Serpent King, Goodbye Days, and Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee. He has won the William C. Morris Award, the Amelia Elizabeth Walden Award, the International Literacy Association Award, and the Westchester Fiction Award. He's a two-time Southern Book Prize finalist, been longlisted for the Carnegie Medal and UKLA, and was a finalist for the Indies Choice Award. He was selected as a Publishers Weekly Flying Start and an Indies Introduce pick. His books have been translated into fifteen languages. Before becoming a writer, he was a musician who recorded with Iggy Pop, Nick Cave, and Debbie Harry. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

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