BETWEEN ENEMIES
It’s easier to decide who you’re not.
Seth Burton’s whole life is a trap. When he’s not spending his minimum wages on groceries, he’s secretly saving for a college education he’ll never get, and faking happiness to distract his mom from the MS they both know will kill her. He carries a frayed love note in his pocket for the girl he’s crushed on for almost three years. To add insult to injury, she’s a pretty, popular Republican. Leave it to him to fall for someone who’s both out of his league and beneath his dignity.
Quinn is a girl betraying herself: basic obedience earned her an acceptance into George Washington University. She knows she’s a fraud but can’t afford to jeopardize her popularity or her conservative dad’s affection. That whiny, liberal guy in her social studies class gets on her last nerve.
As their quirky teacher goads them into thinking beyond the Cold War paradigm of “good versus evil,” Seth and Quinn’s classroom rivalry softens into a cautious romance. But a parent’s terminal illness, a friend’s abortion, and the pull of physical attraction put to the test their loyalties and bedrock beliefs.
Against the backdrop of a fresh new day in American politics, two Nebraska teenagers find that when you have to decide who you are—instead of settling for who you’re not—the whole thing can explode in your face.
