Crush

Crush by Carrie Mac is about Hope, a girl who is forced to stay with her sister for the summer. Her parents are off to Thailand to open a school. Her sister, who lives in Brooklyn, is a waitress / model / dancer who only cares about partying. She has never been away from her parents for this length of time, and unlike most teen, is saddened by the idea.

When she gets to New York, her sister has little time or room in her life to pay attention to Hope. Luckily, she lives in a cool neighborhood – Park Slope – where there is much to do. While exploring the Slope, Hope meets Nat.

For some reason she cannot get Nat out of her mind… Does thinking about kissing another girl make her queer?

Mac, Carrie. (2006). Crush. Custer, WA: Orca Books.