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Basketball Night

Pages
23
Published
2023

Synopsis

A bonus chapter in the Better Than the Movies series, told from Wes Bennett's point of view. It revisits the night Wes took Liz to a basketball game meant to get her closer to Michael, along with their trip to the ER afterward and the phone call between them once they're both home — filling in what Wes was actually feeling while playing along with Liz's plan.

About the author

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Lynn Painter

Lynn Painter is an American author of romantic comedies for young adult and adult readers. Born in Champaign, Illinois, she settled with her family in Omaha, Nebraska, where she still lives and writes as a community columnist for the Omaha World-Herald. Her young adult debut, Better Than the Movies (2021), found its audience through BookTok and spent years on the New York Times young adult bestseller list; a sequel, Nothing Like the Movies, followed in 2024. Her other young adult novels, publish...

Characters

Wes BennettProtagonist
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