The Voting Booth
From Stonewall Award-winning author Brandy Colbert comes an all-in-one-day love story perfect for fans of The Sun is Also A Star.
Marva Sheridan was born ready for this day. She's always been driven to make a difference in the world, and what better way than to vote in her first election?
Duke Crenshaw is so done with this election. He just wants to get voting over with so he can prepare for his band's first paying gig tonight.
Only problem? Duke can't vote.
When Marva sees Duke turned away from their polling place, she takes it upon herself to make sure his vote is counted. She hasn't spent months doorbelling and registering voters just to see someone denied their right. And that's how their whirlwind day begins, rushing from precinct to precinct, cutting school, waiting in endless lines, turned away time and again, trying to do one simple thing: vote. They may have started out as strangers, but as Duke and Marva team up to beat a rigged system (and find Marva's missing cat), it's clear that there's more to their connection than a shared mission for democracy.
Romantic and triumphant, The Voting Booth is proof that you can't sit around waiting for the world to change...but some things are just meant to be.
Marva Sheridan was born ready for this day. She's always been driven to make a difference in the world, and what better way than to vote in her first election?
Duke Crenshaw is so done with this election. He just wants to get voting over with so he can prepare for his band's first paying gig tonight.
Only problem? Duke can't vote.
When Marva sees Duke turned away from their polling place, she takes it upon herself to make sure his vote is counted. She hasn't spent months doorbelling and registering voters just to see someone denied their right. And that's how their whirlwind day begins, rushing from precinct to precinct, cutting school, waiting in endless lines, turned away time and again, trying to do one simple thing: vote. They may have started out as strangers, but as Duke and Marva team up to beat a rigged system (and find Marva's missing cat), it's clear that there's more to their connection than a shared mission for democracy.
Romantic and triumphant, The Voting Booth is proof that you can't sit around waiting for the world to change...but some things are just meant to be.
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Community Reviews
Holy Moly!! I absolutely loved that this book only spans a single day! I can't believe the story Colbert was able to tell in the span of 24 hours. If I wasn't already obsessed with her work, I am even more now. This book tells the story of Marva and Duke. Marva has been working hard to make sure that everyone votes and understands the importance of their vote. Duke and his family believe that voting is extremely important after what happened to Duke's older brother. The two meet at the beginning of the story when Marva finishes voting but the overhears Duke being told he isn't registered at that location. Marva makes it her mission to get him to the right location so he can do his civic duty. Was ensues is a day full of obstacles and sidetracks and tangents, along with a day where two people get to know not only each other but their own selves more than before. You will not want to put this one down! The chapters alternate between perspectives so while the story continues you are seeing each new event through different eyes. Questions you want answered may not happen until that character's voice comes back which makes you want to continue chapter after chapter. Although so much happens in this story and some of it sounds kind of crazy, I never felt like this book was cheesy. And Colbert finds a brilliant way to bring up other important issues in our world today: abortion, racism, police brutality and bias, discrimination (age, race). And yet everything discussed feel relatable to any age since those telling the story have just turned 18. I would definitely recommend this book because of how wonderfully Colbert weaves such important issues and topics into a light hearted, fun-loving story!
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