Everything All At Once
Ivy Cayden
(Author)
Description
Teenage life (with a playlist). Nearly sixteen, Kila Lorens showers herself in music, lives in plush corduroys, and always applies a double layer of lip gloss. She longs for the answers to this irritating trio of questions: When will she have her first kiss? Will Angus Lyr ever stop obsessi-texting Reese Seratine? And why did her former best friend, Brixton Kading, silently bow out of her life six months ago? The particulars of these unknowns, along with her mission to convince Maya Malta to share some sizeable news with a certain seventeen-year-old before he finds out from someone else, keep Kila's eyes open at night.
But one late hour delivers something worth hiding: a private Nektir message from Timothy Cardiff, the tall, inky-haired enigma who rarely speaks in school, yet somehow morphs into Salt for Swordsmen's frontman on the weekends. Amidst tandem listening and dizzying revelations, the two form an unlikely attachment. When their covert communication spills into the halls of Cypress High, they both wonder if this will be a short-lived or long-lasting entanglement.
Ethan Lorens, Kila's cautious but optimistic older brother, mostly focuses on his new drums and his indie band's potential. An after-school visit to Casper's Music Underground presents some unexpected industry intel. Following years of hiatus, Emerald Rock plans to host another EmOpen. Casper encourages the boys to prepare for the contest, but Ethan, Brixton, and Angus wrestle with the group's shortcomings. Could the young French chef they meet at The Hidden Meridian be the band's missing link?
Sometimes dreams come out to play. Mixing Kila and Ethan's friends together on a parentless weekend induces irreversible crushes, late-night courtship, and stinging heartache. With an elaborate, 67-song playlist to embed you in every magnetic moment and missed connection, you'll experience the rush of Everything All At Once, the first book in the CHORDUROYS AND TOO MANY BOYS(TM) series.
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Product Details
| Publisher | Hidden Meridian, LLC |
| Publish Date | October 08, 2018 |
| Pages | 496 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Paperback / softback |
| EAN/UPC | 9781949293005 |
| Dimensions | 9.0 X 6.0 X 1.1 inches | 1.6 pounds |
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Reviews
★★★★★ "A light, fun, fantastically gripping story of young love, music and the ups and terrible downs of high school. Highly recommended!" -A 'Wishing Shelf' Book Review
★★★★★ "As a great addition to a classroom or personal library, young adult readers will become enraptured with Everything All At Once while anxiously awaiting (as am I) the next in the series." -Lisa McCombs for Readers' Favorite
★★★★★ "Cayden writes smoothly, showing a particular gift for dialog, which is essential in any book about teenagers who customarily speak in secret languages and culture-swathed nuance." -Barbara Bamberger Scott, A Woman's Write
★★★★★ "Alongside Cayden's descriptive imagery and detail, the music added a fantastic depth to the events. I felt far more immersed and connected to the mood and the character's conflicts while listening to the songs they were listening to in the story. All the songs were clearly selected carefully to fit the tone of the event, and they all fit perfectly." -Literary Titan
"The first book in the Chorduroys and Too Many Boys Series, Everything All At Once lives up to its title. Ivy Cayden spins a web of secret crushes, stolen kisses, and love triangles galore in this young adult novel, all wrapped up by a specialized playlist curated by the author and incorporated into the book." -Independent Book Review
"Original, entertaining and memorable, Everything All At Once is an especially and unreservedly recommended addition to middle school, high school, and community library Contemporary YA Fiction collections for young readers ages 14-189." -Midwest Book Review
"We are happy to award deserving books like Everything All At Once (Book 1 in the CHORDUROYS AND TOO MANY BOYS series). Our panel of judges really felt this book merited a place on our list of the best in family-friendly products that parents and educators can feel confident in using." -Dawn Matheson, CEO, Mom's Choice Awards
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