Release Date: 10/07/
14
Entangled Teen
Summary from
Goodreads:
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).
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.
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Excerpt
In doing research for Love and Other Unknown Variables, I came across an interesting
study that showed how our brains respond similarly to certain “beautiful” math problems
just as they would a piece of music or art. It was one more piece of evidence proving math
and art are more interrelated than I’d ever thought they could be.
This realization led me to write this scene for Charlie and Charlotte so they could begin to
see not just how they differ, but the similarities they share. In this short excerpt, Charlotte
has shown Charlie her book of sketches in an attempt to be more open with him.
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 he 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.”
Charlie’s brain definitely lights up when he sees a beautiful math problem. Do you have a
favorite math equation or scientific theory? How about a piece of music or art that moves
you?
Excerpt
In doing research for Love and Other Unknown Variables, I came across an interesting
study that showed how our brains respond similarly to certain “beautiful” math problems
just as they would a piece of music or art. It was one more piece of evidence proving math
and art are more interrelated than I’d ever thought they could be.
This realization led me to write this scene for Charlie and Charlotte so they could begin to
see not just how they differ, but the similarities they share. In this short excerpt, Charlotte
has shown Charlie her book of sketches in an attempt to be more open with him.
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 he 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.”
Charlie’s brain definitely lights up when he sees a beautiful math problem. Do you have a
favorite math equation or scientific theory? How about a piece of music or art that moves
you?
GIVEAWAY:
Grand prize: Signed bookmark, tissues, temporary tattoo, science/math book page rose ring (made by Shannon), infinity charm bracelet (made by Shannon).
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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