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Barr, Emily,

A girl can dream / Emily Barr. - United Kingdom, Penguin Random House UK., 2024. - 367 pages ; 20 cm

"Content note: This book includes references to coercive behaviour, and psychological and physical abuse." -- Title page verso. "It was the perfect love story - until it definitely wasn't..." -- Cover.

"Venice, 2024 Hazel has managed to escape her destructive relationship with her older boyfriend. In the dreamy Italian sunshine, she is able to stop looking over her shoulder in case Freddie has followed her. But there's a girl she keeps seeing in the city. A girl with beautiful eyes. And whenever Hazel sees her and their eyes meet, something strange seems to happen . . . England, 2022 Hazel goes to see an up-and-coming local band. She locks eyes with the lead singer, Freddie, and he finds her afterwards and slips her his number. She's not even 16. He is ten years older. She knows it's stupid. She didn't even think it was boys she was into. But it's everything a girl could dream of. Until it's absolutely not . . ."--Publisher.

ISBN: 9780241643426 0241643422

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Friendship.--Teen fiction.
Interpersonal relations in adolescence--Fiction.
Intimate partner violence--Fiction.
Psychological abuse--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
England.--Teen fiction.
Venice (Italy)--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Suspense fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)

Dewey Class. No.: 823.92