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Sidelines by marin d. park · Loreum

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She spent her childhood learning how to survive the people who were supposed to love her. Then she met him—the boy who made her believe she was finally worth choosing. But when love begins to hurt in familiar ways, she must decide whether to keep chasing the love she was never taught… or finally choose herself.

| He waited 1,093 days for her to notice him. She never saw him coming. | Noah Gallagher has senior year mapped out: tape ankles, pass exams, do not look twice at wide receiver Fox Heeler. Noah knows the rules keep her future safe. But Fox has been waiting 1,093 days for her to finally look up from her clipboard. When a freak storm traps them together, the rules suddenly feel harder to follow and Fox is not about to waste his last chance staying quiet.

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