02511cam a2200361 i 4500 1560022575 TxAuBib 20241024120000.0 240308s2024||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024000775 9781665961271 HRD 19.99 1665961279 HRD 19.99 (OCoLC)1425816618 TxAuBib rda Reynolds, Jason, author. Twenty-four seconds from now... [BOOK] : a love story / Jason Reynolds. 24 seconds from now. First edition. New York : Atheneum, 2024. 239 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Twenty-four months ago: Neon gets chased by a dog all around the parking lot of a church. Not his finest moment. And definitely one he would have loved to forget if it weren’t for the dog’s owner: Aria. Dressed in sweats, a t-shirt, hair in a ponytail. Aria. Way more than fine. Twenty-four weeks ago: Neon’s dad insists on talking to him about tenderness and intimacy. Neon and Aria are definitely in love, and while they haven’t taken that next big step…yet, they’ve starting talking about…that. Twenty-four days ago: Neon’s mom finds her—gulp—bra in his room. Hey! No judging! Those hook thingies are complicated! So he’d figured he’d better practice, what with the big day only a month away. Twenty-four minutes ago: Neon leaves his shift at work at his dad’s bingo hall, making sure to bring some chicken tenders for Aria. They’re not candlelight and they definitely aren’t caviar, but they are her favorite. And right this second? Neon is locked in Aria’s bathroom, completely freaking out because twenty-four seconds from now he and Aria are about to…about to… Well, they won’t do anything if he can’t get out of his own head (all the advice, insecurities, and what ifs) and out of this bathroom!". Ages 14 up. Atheneum Books for Young Readers. Grades 10-12. Atheneum Books for Young Readers. 20241024. Sex Young adult fiction. Dating (Social customs) Young adult fiction. Man-woman relationships Young adult fiction. First sexual experiences Young adult fiction. Teenagers Young adult fiction.