Just Our Luck

From the author of Words on Bathroom Walls--now a major motion picture--comes a romance in the spirit of Dear Evan Hansen about overcoming anxiety--and about finding love and friendship in unlikely places.

★ A masterpiece --Kirkus, starred review

Bad luck follows lies. That was the first rule for life that Leo's Greek grandmother, Yia Yia, gave him before she died. But Leo's anxiety just caused a fight at school, and though he didn't lie, he wasn't exactly honest about how it all went down . . . how he went down. Now Leo's father thinks a self-defense class is exactly what his son needs to man up.

Leave the Paros family alone. That was Yia Yia's second rule for life. But who does Leo see sitting at the front desk of the local gym? Evey Paros, whose family supposedly cursed Leo's with bad luck. Seeing that Leo is desperate to enroll in anything but self-defense class, Evey cuts him a deal: she'll secretly enroll him in hot yoga instead--for a price. But what could the brilliant, ruthless, forbidden Evey Paros want from Leo?

Sharp, honest, and compulsively readable, Just Our Luck is as funny as it is heartwarming.

A feel-good story, with shades of Holes and The Karate Kid --Bulletin

Author: Julia Walton
Publisher: Ember
Published: 12/28/2021
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780399550959
Audience: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.4
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 511990 / Just Our Luck

About the Author
JULIA WALTON is the author of the award-winning Words on Bathroom Walls. She received an MFA in creative writing from Chapman University and BA in History from UC Irvine. Julia lives with her husband and children in Huntington Beach, California. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @JWaltonwrites and visit her website JuliaWalton.com.