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Jared Reck

    Jared Reck crafts stories that delve into the intricate landscape of human connection and love, often exploring these themes through authentic and affecting narratives. His writing is marked by a sincere voice and a keen ability to capture the subtle emotional nuances that resonate deeply with readers. Reck's work frequently examines the journey of adolescence, the formation of identity, and the universal search for belonging in contemporary life. His extensive experience as an educator profoundly informs his understanding of youthful perspectives and enriches his literary endeavors.

    Jared Reck
    A Short History of the Girl Next Door
    Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love
    • Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love

      • 306 pages
      • 11 hours of reading
      4.2(1427)Add rating

      The future is anything but certain in this alternately funny and heartbreaking contemporary story about food trucks, festivals, and first loves.It's easy to look at high school senior Oscar Olsson and think: lost. He hates school, struggles to read, and wants nothing to do with college. But Oscar is anything but lost---he knows exactly what he wants and exactly how to get it. Oscar and Farfar, the Swedish grandfather who's raised him, run a food truck together selling rullekebab and munkar, and Oscar wants to finish school so he can focus on the food truck full-time.It's easy to look at Mary Louise (Lou for short) Messinger and think: driven. AP everything, valedictorian in her sights, and Ivy league college aspirations.When Lou hijacks Oscar's carefully crafted schedule of independent studies and blocks of time in the Culinary Lab, Oscar is roped into helping Lou complete her over-ambitious, resume-building service project-reducing food waste in Central Adams High School. While Lou stands to gain her Girl Scout Gold Award, Oscar will be faced with a mountain of uneaten school apples and countless hours with a girl he can't stand.With the finish line in sight, a relationship he never expected, and festival season about to begin (for good), the unthinkable happens, and Oscar's future is anything but certain.

      Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love
    • A Short History of the Girl Next Door

      • 272 pages
      • 10 hours of reading
      3.8(209)Add rating

      After a tragic accident, Matt finds himself left on the sidelines, on the verge of spiraling out of control and losing everything that matters to him. From debut author Jared Reck comes a fiercely funny and heart-wrenching novel about love, longing, and what happens when life as you know it changes in an instant

      A Short History of the Girl Next Door