num_pages: 352
description: *A high school senior navigates messy boys and messier relationships in this bitingly funny and much-needed look into the overlap of Asian American identity and teen sexuality.*June Chu is the just good enough girl. Good enough to line the shelves with a slew of third-place trophies and steal secret kisses from her AP Bio partner Rhys. But not good enough to meet literally any of her Taiwanese mothers unrelenting expectations or to get Rhys to commit to anything beyond a well-timed joke. While Junes mother insists she follow in her (perfect) sisters footsteps and get a (full-ride) violin scholarship to Northwestern (to study pre-med) June doesnt see the point in trying too hard if shes destined to fall short anyway. Instead she focuses her efforts on making her relationship with Rhys official. But after her methodically-planned tipsily-executed scheme explodes on the level of a nuclear disaster she flings herself into a new relationship with a guy whos not allergic to the word girlfriend. But as the line between sex and love blurs and pressure to map out her entire future threatens to burst June will have to decide on whose terms shes going to live her lifeeven if it means fraying her relationship with her mother beyond repair.
language: English
title: Boys I Know
publisher: Peachtree Teen