{"product_id":"the-unpopular-vote-9780063025769","title":"The (Un)Popular Vote","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRed, White, \u0026amp; Royal Blue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eThe West Wing\u003c\/em\u003e in Jasper Sanchez's electric and insightful #ownvoices YA debut, chronicling a transmasculine student's foray into a no-holds-barred student body president election against the wishes of his politician father. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOptics can make or break an election. Everything Mark knows about politics, he learned from his father, the Congressman who still pretends he has a daughter and not a son.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark has promised to keep his past hidden and pretend to be the cis guy everyone assumes he is. But when he sees a manipulatively charming candidate for student body president inflame dangerous rhetoric, Mark risks his low profile to become a political challenger.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe problem? No one really knows Mark. He didn't grow up in this town, and his few friends are all nerds. Still, thanks to \u003cem\u003eScandal \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe West Wing\u003c\/em\u003e, they know where to start: from campaign stops to voter polling to a fashion makeover.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSoon Mark feels emboldened to engage with voters--and even start a new romance. But with an investigative journalist digging into his past, a father trying to silence him, and the bully frontrunner standing in his way, Mark will have to decide which matters most: perception or truth, when both are just as dangerous. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Mind-bogglingly good. This is a novel that every teen needs.\" --Kacen Callender, author of \u003cem\u003eFelix Ever After\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Charming, stunning, and unapologetically queer. --Mason Deaver, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eI Wish You All the Best\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Ghosts We Keep\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Katherine Tegen Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063025769\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416","brand":"Jasper Sanchez","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39956853358773,"sku":"9780063025769","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8acff8cd-9ca8-44a1-aee5-f3e530bc95d9.jpg?v=1620222627","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-unpopular-vote-9780063025769","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}