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Echoing the premise of You’ve Got Mail, this comic romance set in New York City stars social media maven Pepper, daughter of the founders of popular franchise Big League Burger, and coder Jack, whose parents run a deli, Girl Cheesing, in the East Village. Long before their parents’ companies become engaged in a war involving rights to a popular cheese sandwich, Pepper and Jack became friends on a chat platform (developed by Jack) that hides its users’ identities. Not knowing they’re close online buddies, the two teens, who know each other IRL from swim team, get active in protecting their parents’ respective businesses. As the battle between Big League Burger and Girl Cheesing grows increasingly heated, Pepper and Jack form a romantic bond, but things grow complicated. Alternating between Pepper and Jack’s points of view, Lord’s snappy debut features a strong contemporary beat and a host of sympathetic characters. Although the outcome of Pepper’s and Jack’s frenemy relationship is fairly predictable, family secrets and surprising turns of events keep the story moving until misunderstandings and loose ends resolve. Ages 12–up. [em]Agent: Janna Bonikowski, the Knight Agency. (Jan.) [/em]