The Problem with the Other Side

Told in two voices, the budding romance between tenth-graders Uly Gates and Sallie Walls is tested when their sisters run against each other in a racially-charged campaign for student-body president.

Author: Kwame Ivery
Publisher: Soho Teen
Published: 08/02/2022
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9781641293549
ISBN10: 1641293543
BISAC Categories:
- Young Adult Fiction | Diversity & Multicultural
- Young Adult Fiction | Romance | Contemporary
- Young Adult Fiction | Social Themes | Prejudice & Racism

About the Author
Kwame Ivery was born in Bronx, New York, and raised in East Orange, New Jersey. He received a BA in psychology from Princeton University and an MFA in dramatic writing from New York University's Tisch School of The Arts. He's had a screenplay optioned by Hollywood storyboard artist Karl Shefelman (The Silence of the Lambs, American Gangster). He's a proud high school English teacher with over a hundred teenage students who, on a daily basis, teach him just as many things as he teaches them. He loves lasagna and hates musicals; he thinks contrasts are underrated and symmetry overrated. You can visit Kwame at kwameivery.com or on Twitter @KwameIvery.