My Mechanical Romance

Opposites attract in this battle-robot-building YA romance from the NYT best-selling author of The Atlas Six. "It’s romcom perfection."—Adiba Jaigirdar, author of The Henna Wars "Hilarious, heartfelt, and positively banterific."—Monica Gomez-Hira, author of Once Upon a Quinceañera Bel would rather die than think about the future. College apps? You’re funny. Extracurriculars? Not a chance. But when she accidentally reveals a talent for engineering at school, she’s basically forced into joining the robotics club. Even worse? All the boys ignore Bel—and Neelam, the only other girl on the team, doesn't seem to like her either. Enter Mateo Luna, captain of the club, who recognizes Bel as a potential asset—until they start butting heads. Bel doesn’t care about Nationals, while Teo cares too much. But as the nights of after-school work grow longer and longer, Bel and Teo realize they've made more than just a combat-ready robot for the championship: they’ve made space for each other and themselves. In her YA debut, Alexene Farol Follmuth, author of The Atlas Six (under the penname Olivie Blake), explores both the challenges girls of color face in STEM and the vulnerability of first love with unfailing wit and honesty. With an adorable, opposites-attract romance at its center and lines that beg to be read aloud, My Mechanical Romance is swoonworthy perfection. A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection

• | Author: Alexene Farol Follmuth
• | Publisher: Holiday House
• | Publication Date: May 31, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 272 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Young Adult Fiction
• | ISBN-10: 0823450104
• | ISBN-13: 9780823450107