The First Move
Published on 13. April 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-0-241-59182-6 (ISBN)
Description
Juliet believes girls like her - girls with arthritis - don't get their own love stories. She exists at the edges of her friends' social lives, skipping parties to play online chess under a pseudonym with strangers around the world. There, she isn't just 'the girl with crutches'.
Ronan is the new kid: good looking, smart, a bad boy plagued by guilt over what happened to his brother Ciaran. Chesslife is his escape.
Juliet thinks Ronan thinks someone like Ronan could never be interested in someone like her - and she wouldn't want him to be anyway - he always acts like he's cooler than everyone else.
Little do they know they've already discovered each other online, and have more in common than they think . . .
Ronan is the new kid: good looking, smart, a bad boy plagued by guilt over what happened to his brother Ciaran. Chesslife is his escape.
Juliet thinks Ronan thinks someone like Ronan could never be interested in someone like her - and she wouldn't want him to be anyway - he always acts like he's cooler than everyone else.
Little do they know they've already discovered each other online, and have more in common than they think . . .
Reviews / Votes
This is romance with substance * Irish Times * A teenage love story that is both romantic and believable * Bookseller * A thrilling will-they-won't-they rollercoaster ride of a plot . . . The First Move is that story that'll move readers while putting great big grins on their faces. * LoveReading * Everything a YA contemporary novel should be: full of warmth, growth, and romance . . . beautifully relatable and a powerful reminder of the importance of empathy. * Paper Lanterns *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Target group
Children/juvenile
Young adult
Interest Age: From 13 to 17 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 194 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
310 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-241-59182-6 (9780241591826)
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Jenny Ireland is a Belfast-based Young Adult author. Her debut novel, The First Move, was shortlisted for both the Branford Boase Award and the YA Book Prize. She won the Diverse Book Award for YA Fiction in 2024, and writes stories about teenage love, identity and resilience.