Long Story Short
A Novel
Serena Kaylor
- “Like
- the
- best
- of
- the
- Bard
- himself,
- Long
- Story
- Short
- combines
- dazzling
- repartee
- with
- iconic,
- nuanced
- characters
- and
- the
- kind
- of
- charged,
- perfectly
- paced
- romance
- fit
- for
- the
- world
- stage...a
- sparkling
- Shakespearean
- homage
- and
- a
- wonderful
- debut.”
- —Emily
- Wibberley
- and
- Austin
- Siegemund-Broka,
- authors
- of
- Always
- Never
- YoursIn
- Serena
- Kaylor's
- sparkling
- debut,
- a
- homeschooled
- math
- genius
- finds
- herself
- out
- of
- her
- element
- at
- a
- theater
- summer
- camp
- and
- learns
- that
- life—and
- love—can’t
- be
- lived
- by
- the
- (text)book.Growing
- up
- homeschooled
- in
- Berkeley,
- California,
- Beatrice
- Quinn
- has
- always
- dreamed
- of
- discovering
- new
- mathematical
- challenges
- at
- Oxford
- University.
- She
- always
- thought
- the
- hardest
- part
- would
- be
- getting
- in,
- not
- convincing
- her
- parents
- to
- let
- her
- go.
- But
- while
- math
- has
- always
- made
- sense
- to
- Beatrice,
- making
- friends
- is
- a
- problem
- she
- hasn’t
- been
- able
- to
- solve.
- Before
- her
- parents
- will
- send
- her
- halfway
- across
- the
- world,
- she
- has
- to
- prove
- she
- won’t
- spend
- the
- next
- four
- years
- hiding
- in
- the
- library.
- The
- compromise:
- the
- Connecticut
- Shakespearean
- Summer
- Academy
- and
- a
- detailed
- list
- of
- teenage
- milestones
- to
- check
- off.
- If
- Beatrice
- wants
- to
- live
- out
- her
- Oxford
- dream,
- she
- has
- to
- survive
- six
- weeks
- in
- the
- role
- of
- “normal
- teenager”
- first.Unfortunately,
- hearts
- and
- hormones
- don't
- follow
- any
- equations.
- When
- she's
- adopted
- by
- a
- group
- of
- eclectic
- theater
- kids,
- and
- immediately
- makes
- an
- enemy
- of
- the
- popular—and
- annoyingly
- gorgeous—British
- son
- of
- the
- camp’s
- founders,
- Beatrice
- quickly
- learns
- that
- relationships
- are
- trickier
- than
- calculus.
- With
- her
- future
- on
- the
- line,
- this
- girl
- genius
- stumbles
- through
- illicit
- parties,
- double
- dog
- dares,
- and
- more
- than
- her
- fair
- share
- of
- Shakespeare.
- But
- before
- the
- final
- curtain
- falls,
- will
- Beatrice
- realize
- there’s
- more
- to
- life
- than
- what
- she
- can
- find
- in
- the
- pages
- of
- a book?
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