The Enemies We Keep

A Moving YA Coming-of-Age Novel of an Unlikely Friendship and a Long-Kept Secret, and the First Love That Left a MarkBy Clare U. Davenport

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"Winning at the cost of your humanity isn't winning." He said it the night I became State Debate Champion, and I have hated him ever since. My name is Maya Renteria, and I am here to win. Not to be liked. Not to be human. To win — because winning is the only thing that might save my brother. Rafael lives on a tightrope between 90 and 94 percent oxygen, a kid in a NASA t-shirt with a nebulizer where his lungs should be, and every trophy I chase is really a scholarship, every scholarship is really a hospital bill. So when the National Journalism Prize comes with tuition, a stipend, and a year at the Times, I will do anything to get it. Even share a road trip with Jasper Takahashi. Jasper, with his wire-rimmed glasses and his pressed button-downs, who beat everyone for two years until I beat him. Jasper, who tells the truth like it's a weapon and aims it straight at me. We cannot stand each other. And now we are stuck in one dusty red sedan, one map of our mistakes, one impossible road, and — at the worst possible motel — one room with one bed. I had a whole arsenal of comebacks. I did not have a defense for the way he looks at me when he thinks I'm not running numbers. Somewhere between the festival of lies and the canyon of doubt, my enemy becomes the only person who sees me clearly — secrets, fear, the math I do in my head about my brother and all. Then everything I've built starts to crack. A photograph. A betrayal. A lie that wins. And a hospital room I am terrified to walk back into. I have spent my whole life believing that the only way to keep my family alive is to never, ever lose. But some things you cannot win. You can only let someone hold your hand while you face them. The Enemies We Keep is a moving, voice-driven YA coming-of-age novel about enemies-to-something-more, a cross-country road trip, a sick sibling, a long-kept secret, and a first love that leaves a mark. Perfect for readers who love enemies-to-lovers, road-trip romance, academic rivals, emotional coming-of-age stories, and YA contemporary about family, ambition, and the things we'd sacrifice everything to keep.

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