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Instructions for Dancing

Evie is disillusioned about love ever since her dad left her mum for another woman - she's even throwing out her beloved romance novel collection.

When she's given a copy of a book called Instructions for Dancing, and follows a note inside to a dilapidated dance studio, she discovers she has a strange and unwelcome gift. When a couple kisses in front of her, she can see their whole relationship play out - from the moment they first catch each other's eye to the last bitter moments of their break-up.

For Evie, it confirms everything she thinks she knows about love - that it doesn't last.

But at the dance studio she meets X - tall, dreadlocked, fascinating - and they start to learn to dance, together. Can X help break the spell that Evie is under? Can he change Evie's mind about love?

Praise for Nicola Yoon:

'Gorgeous and lyrical' New York Times

'Powerful, lovely, heart-wrenching' Jennifer Niven

'This extraordinary first novel about love so strong it might kill us is too good to feel like a debut' Jodi Picoult

An endearing, affecting portrayal of the journey of love. Everything Yoon touches turns to gold... this cinematic supernatural romance will be no exception

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About Nicola Yoon

Nicola Yoon is the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything, The Sun Is Also a Star and Instructions for Dancing, and the co-author of Blackout, Whiteout and Breakout. She also wrote the adult novel One of Our Kind. She is a National Book Award finalist, a Michael L. Printz Honor Book recipient and a Coretta Scott King New Talent Award winner. Two of her novels have been made into major motion pictures. She is also the co-publisher, with her husband, novelist David Yoon, of Joy Revolution, an imprint focused on joyful, romantic stories about teens of colour. Nicola grew up in Jamaica and Brooklyn and lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their daughter. Visit Nicola at NicolaYoon.com and follow @NicolaYoon on Instagram.
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  • Imprint: Penguin
  • ISBN: 9780241516928
  • Length: 304 pages
  • Price: £7.99
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