Gr. 7-10 Freshman Aurora “Rory” Campbell is a talented artist with uninspiring grades and an unrequited crush on Toby, the boy next door. She’s convinced he doesn’t notice her because he’s mooning over her sister Merrilee, the sophomore dynamo from Bookish Boyfriends: A Date with Darcy (2018). Though Toby’s nice to her, Rory ultimately feels ignored by him and her older sisters. When Rory’s lit class reads The Great Gatsby, she is put off by Gatsby’s overt pining for Daisy and just can’t make connections to the novel. [Read More]