Bibliograph

All the right reasons, Bethany Mangle

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Label

All the right reasons, Bethany Mangle

Language

eng

Index

no index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 14 up, Margaret K. McElderry Books

resource.interestGradeLevel

Grades 10-12, Margaret K. McElderry Books

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

All the right reasons

Responsibility statement

Bethany Mangle

Summary

Cara Hawn’s life fell apart after her father cheated on her mother and got remarried to a woman Cara can’t stand. When Cara accidentally posts a rant about her father online, it goes viral—and catches the attention of the TV producers behind a new reality dating show for single parent families. The next thing Cara and her mother know, they’ve been cast as leads on the show and are whisked away to sunny Key West where they’re asked to narrow a field of suitors and their kids down to one winning pair. All of this is outside of Cara’s comfort zone, from the meddling producers to the camera-hungry contestants, especially as Cara and her mother begin to clash on which suitors are worth keeping around. And then comes Connor. As the son of a contestant, Connor is decidedly off-limits. Except that he doesn’t fit in with the cutthroat atmosphere in all the same ways as Cara, and she can’t get him out of her head. Now Cara must juggle her growing feelings while dodging the cameras and helping her mom pick a bachelor they both love, or else risk fracturing their family even more for the sake of ratings. Maybe there’s a reason most people don’t date on TV

Target audience

adolescent

Classification