![]() ![]() ![]() Alex, on the other hand, with his dangerous swagger and gang tattoos, is someone to be feared. Brittany exemplifies middle-class perfection: blonde, popular, athletic, smart, and decked out in designer clothing. The names themselves are suggestive enough, but Elkeles deliberately places them as far apart on the social spectrum as possible in order to emphasise the gap we know will be eventually negotiated and bridged. Perfect Chemistry, Simone Elkeles's young adult tale of star-crossed love, takes up the old adage that opposites attract and suggests that such attractions, in fact, may be less to do with the differences per se and more to do with the similarities that lurk beneath apparently divergent exteriors.īrittany Ellis. But the closer Alex and Brittany get to each other the more they realise that sometimes appearances can be deceptive and that you have to look beneath the surface to discover the truth. So when he makes a bet with his friends to lure Brittany into his life, he thinks nothing of it. Forced to be lab partners with Alex Fuentes, a gang member from the other side of town, Brittany finds herself having to protect everything shes worked so hard for her flawless reputation, her relationship with her boyfriend and, most importantly, the secret that her home life is anything but perfect. ![]() ![]() Blurb: When Brittany Ellis walks into chemistry class on the first day of senior year, she has no clue that her carefully created perfect life is about to unravel before her eyes. ![]()
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