{"id":12583,"date":"2022-04-19T10:20:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-19T15:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=12583"},"modified":"2022-04-18T11:29:28","modified_gmt":"2022-04-18T16:29:28","slug":"p-is-painting-p-is-president-blaine-for-the-win-by-robbie-couch-ya-book-review-a2z","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=12583","title":{"rendered":"P is painting! P is president? BLAINE FOR THE WIN, by Robbie Couch (YA book review) #A2Z"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Dumped! In public!
On their anniversary!
Gotta win him back\u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blaine was sure that Joey was planning to ask him on a ritzy trip with his rich family, not break up on their one-year anniversary! The mural-painting<\/a> junior doesn’t fit into senior Joey’s long-range plan to become the first out US President, since he’s “not a Serious guy” like Blaine’s classmate Zach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, Blaine will show Joey that he’s serious – he’ll run for Senior class president! His best friend Trish says she’ll be his campaign manager, her girlfriend Camilla will help too (between interning at the Field Museum with dinosaur bones).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His loving, workaholic parents support him, as does his biggest fan Aunt Starr who’s living with them between jobs – best company ever on these long, no-Joey nights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whoa, so many requirements to get onto the ballot: 50 junior classmates’ signatures in two days, a speech to the 94-member student council, then a debate between the highest-ranked candidates<\/a> in front of the whole school!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trish helps Blaine stand out from the other candidates – he asks fellow students to talk to him, instead of telling them why he’s great. So many concerns that center around stress and mental health issues\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And cute Dannie, whose aloe vera plant was a casualty when Blaine literally ran into him on the sidewalk, joins the group as his dad’s coffeehouse in their Chicago neighborhood becomes their campaign headquarters, complete with amazing Vietnamese pastries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Can he really make a difference for his classmates?
Will he win back Joey if he wins the race?
Where did his passion for painting murals go? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Easy-going Blaine shifts his focus from big murals to the big picture and finds out what’s really important to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When did you step out of your comfort zone?
**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book info<\/strong>: Blaine for the Win \/ Robbie Couch. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2022. [author site<\/a>] [publisher site<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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