(Un)Popular Vote

<p><strong><em>Red White & Royal Blue</em></strong><strong> meets <em>The West Wing</em> 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. </strong></p><p>Optics 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.</p><p>Mark 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.</p> <p>The problem? No one really knows Mark. He didn't grow up in this town and his few friends are all nerds. Still thanks to <em>Scandal </em>and <em>The West Wing</em> they know where to start: from campaign stops to voter polling to a fashion makeover.</p><p>Soon 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. </p> <p>Mind-bogglingly good. This is a novel that every teen needs. --Kacen Callender author of <em>Felix Ever After</em><br/> <br/> Charming stunning and unapologetically queer. --Mason Deaver bestselling author of <em>I Wish You All the Best</em> and <em>The Ghosts We Keep</em></p>