You won t want to miss. - Good Housekeeping Funny and compassionate. - Time Perfect. - The Michigan Daily An absolute must-read. - Book Riot From the New York Times bestselling author of One Last Stop and Red White & Royal Blue comes a romantic comedy about chasing down what you want only to find what you need... Chloe Green is so close to winning. After her moms moved her from SoCal to Alabama for high school she s spent the past four years dodging gossipy classmates and the puritanical administration of Willowgrove Christian Academy. The thing that s kept her going: winning valedictorian. Her only rival: prom queen Shara Wheeler the principal s perfect progeny. But a month before graduation Shara kisses Chloe and vanishes. On a furious hunt for answers Chloe discovers she s not the only one Shara kissed. There s also Smith Shara s longtime quarterback sweetheart and Rory Shara s bad boy neighbor with a crush. The three have nothing in common except Shara and the annoyingly cryptic notes she left behind but together they must untangle Shara s trail of clues and find her. It ll be worth it if Chloe can drag Shara back before graduation to beat her fair and square. Thrown into an unlikely alliance chasing a ghost through parties break-ins puzzles and secrets revealed on monogrammed stationery Chloe starts to suspect there might be more to this small town than she thought. And maybe--probably not but maybe--more to Shara too. Fierce funny and frank Casey McQuiston s I Kissed Shara Wheeler is about breaking the rules getting messy and finding love in unexpected places. This one has it all: rivals who share a shocking kiss a mysterious disappearance an unexpected alliance and the kind of page-turning drama that makes McQuiston one of the best in the game. You won t want to miss this one. - Good Housekeeping I Kissed Shara Wheeler is a love letter to all of us queer kids who were high schoolers in the 90s. Especially those of us who lived in small towns and whose social scenes revolved around Friday night football games and church on Sunday. [An] unexpected mystery and love story all in one. - Bust Raise your hand if you ve been personally victimized by this funny weird razor-sharp intensely compassionate subversive sweet electrifyingly romantic knockout of a book. Casey freaking McQuiston you ve done it again. - Becky Albertalli New York Times bestselling author of Kate in Waiting and Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda Author: Casey McQuiston Publisher: Wednesday Books Published: 05/03/2022 Pages: 368 Binding Type: Hardcover Weight: 0.95lbs Size: 8.50h x 5.60w x 1.40d ISBN: 9781250244451 Age Range: 13-18 Review Citation(s): Kirkus Reviews 03/01/2022 Publishers Weekly 03/21/2022 Booklist 05/01/2022 pg. 40