We Got the Beat

  For fans of Becky Albertalli and Kelly Quindlen, We Got the Beat is the perfect queer friends-to-enemies-to-lovers tale. When journalist Jordan Elliot is assigned a feature story on her arch nemesis, Mackenzie West, she sees it as the perfect opportunity to get back at Mack for a past hurt that’s still simmering...but that’s not quite how the story unfolds. Jordan Elliott is a fat, nerdy lesbian, and the first junior to be named editor in chief of the school newspaper. Okay, that last part hasn’t happened yet, but it will. It’s positive thinking that has gotten Jordan this far. Ever since Mackenzie West, her friend-turned-enemy, humiliated her at the start of freshman year, Jordan has thrown herself into journalism and kept her eyes trained on the future. So it’s a total blow when Jordan discovers that she not only didn’t get the editor in chief spot, but she’s been assigned the volleyball beat instead. And who is the star and newly-crowned captain of the volleyball team? Mackenzie W