Summary
For 16-year-old Ellie, beach volleyball camp is a disaster until she’s paired with Sierra, an athletic prodigy who teaches her that volleyball…and love are about taking the right shot in this sporty sapphic romance.
Ellie dates the Right Guy, says all the Right Things, and acts the Right Way to avoid being ridiculed for her autism. When that Right Guy unceremoniously dumps her right before they’re supposed to go to beach volleyball camp together, Ellie’s perfectly curated world comes …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9798217033263 |
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| Author: | Birdie Schae |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Knopf Books for Young Readers |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 12 May 2026 |
| Weight: | 391g |
| Dimensions: | 140mm x 210mm |
| Audience Age: | 14 |
Critics Review
★ “A bighearted….deeply tender coming-out story that celebrates neurodiversity, friendship, and sapphic love. High school readers will relate to and cheer for its characters.” —School Library Journal, starred review
★ “The narrative is written with easy prose and gorgeous reflections on neurodivergent and queer existence….Readers won’t want to pass on this gem.” —Booklist, starred review
“Schae’s pleasant debut offers a humane, compassionate view of teens supporting each other in pain and joy. A solid, warmhearted Sapphic romance showing how joy emerges when the bullies aren’t in charge.” —Kirkus Reviews
Birdie Schae
Birdie Schae had big dreams from the moment she was born in a small town in Belgium. Now an author and a student in the Netherlands, she spends most of her time writing love stories, analyzing all sorts of fiction through tears, or listening to a truly concerning amount of music. Smash or Pass is her debut novel.
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