This YA about expectations, love, and friendship features bisexual and pansexual rep and releases on April 19! Here’s the scoop on The Weekend Bucket List by Mia Kerick:
High school seniors Cady LaBrie and Cooper Murphy have yet to set one toe out of line—they’ve never stayed out all night or snuck into a movie, never gotten drunk or gone skinny-dipping. But they have each other, forty-eight hours before graduation, and a Weekend Bucket List.
There’s a lot riding on this one weekend, especially since Cady and Cooper have yet to admit, much less resolve, their confounding feelings for one another—feelings that prove even more difficult to discern when genial high school dropout Eli Stanley joins their epic adventure. But as the trio ticks through their bucket list, the questions they face shift toward something new: Must friendship play second fiddle to romance? Or can it be the ultimate prize?
And now, the cover!
Hi Dahlia, and EVERYBODY!! I’m thrilled to be here today to reveal the amazing cover of my upcoming release, The Weekend Bucket List! I’ll start with a HUGE THANK YOU to Dahlia and LGBTQreads, and to my AWESOME PUBLISHER Duet Books! And much appreciation to CB Messer for the cover my dreams!
I wrote a book in which FRIENDSHIP plays the starring role–magical, extraordinary, intense and necessary friendship–every bit as compelling as romance. And a different kind of love. Hope you check it out!
Read the blurb and liked the John Green-esque cover. Can’t WAIT to read the rest!!
This cover is SO DIFFERENT from every other cover I’ve ever had- THERE IS NO HUMAN FACE!! But I think it really works!
Congratz on the new release, Mia! Can’t wait to read it!
Thanks for commenting! I am so proud of this book and hope you love it, Cody!
Congratulations on the new release, Mia! Can’t wait to read it!
Love the cover! The design is very intriguing, makes me even more excited to be able to read this!
I think it is intriguing, as well. I love that the handle of the bucket has the tag line!!
This cover is everything!!! The color, notebook paper, the handwritten font, the extremely clever use of the bucket shape! Definitely can’t wait to read!
Thanks, Maddy! I agree- this cover does everything it’s supposed to do! It’s everything!
I like the cover. Clean, simple, very teenage in its feel. Good job to all!
I agree- the feeling is perfect for. teenage readers! Thanks for commenting today!
First off: That cover is terrific – I love the handle, and the realistic “notebook” concept. Second: As a devoted fan of Mia Kerick’s novels, I can’t wait to read this one. Mia has found her true voice in Young Adult. This story of friendship, romance, and self-discovery is sure to speak to many teens. Mia’s work is an important contribution toward a culture that embraces young people and diversity, and welcomes people to be who they are!
Thanks so much, Paula! I love the way the handle expresses the sentiment that friendship can evolve in unlikely times and places! Diversity is so important and I hope to be a voice that encourages teens to be themselves!
Love this cover! It is so fun! Congratulations on your new release, MIA!
Hi Sara! Thanks so much! It is a fun cover, isn’t it? The book is adventurous and funny so the cover fits very well!