Cross My Heart and Never Lie

By Nora Dåsnes, Matt Bagguley (Translator)

Part of the Cross My Heart series

Tuva's first crush complicates friendships and self-discovery in seventh grade.

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248 pages

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Bookroo's summary

Tuva, a 12-year-old navigating seventh grade, faces a dilemma when her first crush is on a girl, Miriam. Her friends are divided into those who embrace love and those who reject it, forcing Tuva to choose sides. As she grapples with her feelings and friendships, Tuva wonders if she can keep her secret and still survive the chaos of growing up. Will she find a way to balance her heart and her friendships, or will the pressure of choosing a side tear her world apart? Discover Tuva's journey in this heartfelt graphic novel.

From the publisher

★ WINNER of the 2024 Stonewall Book Award, American Library Association Perfect for fans of The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag, HeartStopper by Alice Oseman, and Jen Wang’s The Dressmaker and the Prince. In this fresh, sensitive, diary-style graphic novel, 12-year-old Tuva’s questions about becoming a teenager are confusing–so when her first crush turns out to be on another girl, it feels absolutely wonderful–so why does it become so complicated? Tuva is starting seventh grade, and her checklist of goals includes: writing out a diary, getting a trendy look, building the best fort in the woods with her BFFs, and much more. But when she starts school, nothing is how she hoped it would be. Seventh grade has split her friends into rival factions: TEAM LINNEA and the girls who fall in love and TEAM BAO and the girls who NEVER fall in love. Linnea has a BOYFRIEND, Bao hates everything related to love. Worst of all, Linnea and Bao expect Tuva to choose a side! In this delighfully hand-lettered coming-of-age graphic diary, Tuva gets caught between feeling like a kid and wanting to know HOW to become a teenager. Then Miriam shows up and suddenly Tuva feels as if she’s met her soulmate. Can you fall in love with a girl, keep it from your friends, and survive? For Tuva, it may be possible, but it’s defintely not easy.