Love is a Revolution

“The most radical thing you can do is love yourself and each other.”

When Nala reluctantly goes to an open mic night for her cousin-sister-friend Imani’s birthday, she finds herself falling in instant love with Tye Brown, the MC. Tye’s perfect, except… he’s an activist and Nala would rather watch movies and try out new ice cream flavours.

So, in order to impress Tye, Nala tells a few tiny lies to have things in common with him. But as they spend more time together, those lies become harder to keep up. As Nala falls deeper into her lies she’ll learn love can be hard, but also self-love is truly revolutionary. 

From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Renée Watson comes a love story about a girl falling in love with who she really is. Subverting tired stereotypes, in Love is a Revolution plus size girls are beautiful, the popular girl clique has strong convictions and substance, and the ultimate love story is about how to show radical love to the people in your life, including to yourself.

Love is a Revolution is a thoughtful and beautiful story featuring black teens, depicting the experiences of young black people navigating contemporary life in this romantic and character-driven story about love, romantic and otherwise, and the ways we share ourselves with the world.

Everyone should be taking notice of Renée Watson. Topical and timely, she brings us books about race, privilege and family relationships just when the YA readership is crying out for more diverse books. A stellar voice combined with the ability to make difficult subjects accessible; Renée's thoughtful, sensitive and beautiful writing brings alive characters readers will love and identify with.

Renée Watson is a New York Times bestselling author. Her novel, Piecing Me Together, received a Newbery Honor and Coretta Scott King Award. Her books include Love is a Revolution, Ways to Make Sunshine, Some Places More Than Others, What Momma Left Me, Piecing Me Together and Watch Us Rise, co-written with Ellen Hagan. She is the founder of I, Too Arts Collective, a non-profit committed to nurturing underrepresented voices in the creative arts. Renée grew up in Portland, Oregon, and splits her time between Portland and New York City.

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