Love and Other
Unknown Variables
Release Date:
10/07/14
Entangled Teen
Synopsis
Charlie Hanson
has a clear vision of his future. A senior at Brighton School of Mathematics
and Science, he knows he’ll graduate, go to MIT, and inevitably discover
solutions to the universe’s greatest unanswered questions. He’s that smart. But
Charlie’s future blurs the moment he reaches out to touch the tattoo on a
beautiful girl’s neck.
The future has never seemed very kind to Charlotte Finch, so she’s counting on the present. She’s not impressed by the strange boy at the donut shop—until she learns he’s a student at Brighton where her sister has just taken a job as the English teacher. With her encouragement, Charlie orchestrates the most effective prank campaign in Brighton history. But, in doing so, he puts his own future in jeopardy.
By the time he learns she's ill—and that the pranks were a way to distract Ms. Finch from Charlotte’s illness—Charlotte’s gravitational pull is too great to overcome. Soon he must choose between the familiar formulas he’s always relied on or the girl he’s falling for (at far more than 32 feet per second squared).
The future has never seemed very kind to Charlotte Finch, so she’s counting on the present. She’s not impressed by the strange boy at the donut shop—until she learns he’s a student at Brighton where her sister has just taken a job as the English teacher. With her encouragement, Charlie orchestrates the most effective prank campaign in Brighton history. But, in doing so, he puts his own future in jeopardy.
By the time he learns she's ill—and that the pranks were a way to distract Ms. Finch from Charlotte’s illness—Charlotte’s gravitational pull is too great to overcome. Soon he must choose between the familiar formulas he’s always relied on or the girl he’s falling for (at far more than 32 feet per second squared).
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Teaser
Charlotte
takes a deep breath that hitches as it travels up her spine like it’s catching
on snags along the way. “I’m not used to sharing. It’s always been easiest to
keep things close.”
I
want to know what things she’s keeping so close. I want her to unpack them from
inside herself, perhaps making room for…what? For me? This is ludicrous. I
should hand her back her sketches and walk away.
I
push my own notebook toward her instead. “It’s only fair.”
She
chuckles and glances down at the open page. “What’s this?” Her voice is soft
beside me. She’s pointing at the problem I was working on moments ago. In it,
I’ve had to use the symbol for infinity, but I drew her tattoo instead. I
didn’t even realize I’d done it.
“Trying
to figure me out, Mr. Hanson? Think you’ll get extra credit?”
“I—”
I’ve got nothing to say. I stare at the symbol I’ve drawn with the word hope
bound up in its endlessness. There are many ideas in mathematics that we know
are true, even if we’ll never be able to solve them. Too many. They’re the
paradoxes that make math so beautiful.
Charlotte
feels like that. Like a problem I’ll never really figure out, but that I know
is just right for me.
She leans her shoulder into mine. “You and me,
Charlie, we’re on the same team—both artists. We just work with different
mediums.”
About the Author
Shannon Lee
Alexander is a wife, mother (of two kids and one yellow terrier named Harriet
Potter). She is passionate about coffee, books, and cancer research. Math makes
her break out in a sweat. Love and Other Unknown Variables is her debut novel.
She currently lives in Indianapolis with her family.
Connect with the Author on these social media links
Give Away
Grand
prize: Signed bookmark, tissues, temporary tattoo, science/math book page rose
ring (made by Shannon), infinity charm bracelet (made by Shannon
Four runners-up prizes: Signed bookmark, temporary tattoo, science/math book page rose pin (made by Shannon)
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