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  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Katy Upperman is a graduate of Washington State University, a former elementary school teacher, and an insatiable reader. When not writing for young adults, Katy can be found whipping up batches of chocolate chip cookies, or exploring the country with her husband and daughter. Kissing Max Holden is her debut novel. You can sign up for email updates here.

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  CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Notice

  Dedication

  Epigraph

  Chapter 1: Elise

  Chapter 2: Elise

  Chapter 3: Elise

  Chapter 4: Mati

  Chapter 5: Elise

  Chapter 6: Elise

  Chapter 7: Mati

  Chapter 8: Elise

  Chapter 9: Elise

  Chapter 10: Mati

  Chapter 11: Elise

  Chapter 12: Elise

  Chapter 13: Mati

  Chapter 14: Elise

  Chapter 15: Elise

  Chapter 16: Mati

  Chapter 17: Elise

  Chapter 18: Elise

  Chapter 19: Mati

  Chapter 20: Elise

  Chapter 21: Elise

  Chapter 22: Mati

  Chapter 23: Elise

  Chapter 24: Elise

  Chapter 25: Mati

  Chapter 26: Elise

  Chapter 27: Elise

  Chapter 28: Mati

  Chapter 29: Elise

  Chapter 30: Elise

  Chapter 31: Mati

  Chapter 32: Elise

  Chapter 33: Elise

  Chapter 34: Mati

  Chapter 35: Elise

  Chapter 36: Elise

  Chapter 37: Mati

  Chapter 38: Elise

  Chapter 39: Elise

  Chapter 40: Mati

  Chapter 41: Elise

  Chapter 42: Elise

  Chapter 43: Elise

  Chapter 44: Mati

  Chapter 45: Elise

  Chapter 46: Elise

  Chapter 47: Mati

  Chapter 48: Elise

  Chapter 49: Elise

  Chapter 50: Elise

  Chapter 51: Mati

  Chapter 52: Elise

  Chapter 53: Elise

  Chapter 54: Elise

  Chapter 55: Mati

  Chapter 56: Elise

  Chapter 57: Elise

  Chapter 58: Elise

  Chapter 59: Mati

  Chapter 60: Elise

  Chapter 61: Elise

  Chapter 62: Elise

  Chapter 63: Elise

  Chapter 64: Elise

  Chapter 65: Mati

  Chapter 66: Elise

  Chapter 67: Mati

  Chapter 68: Elise

  Chapter 69: Elise

  Chapter 70: Elise

  Chapter 71: Mati

  Chapter 72: Elise

  Acknowledgments

  About the Author

  Copyright

  Copyright © 2018 by Katy Upperman

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Names: Upperman, Katy, author.

  Title: The impossibility of us / Katy Upperman.

  Description: First edition. | New York : Swoon Reads, 2018. | Summary: Told in two voices Mati, a devout Muslim from Afghanistan, and Elise, a seventeen-year-old whose brother was killed there, try to keep their budding romance secret from their families.

  Identifiers: LCCN 2017041934 | ISBN 9781250127990 (hardcover)

  Subjects: | CYAC: Dating (Social customs)—Fiction. | Family life—California—Fiction. | Secrets—Fiction. | Muslims—Fiction. | Afghans—United States—Fiction. | California—Fiction.

  Classification: LCC PZ7.1.U67 Imp 2018 | DDC [Fic]—dc23

  LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017041934

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  First trade paperback edition, 2018

  eBook edition, July 2018

  eISBN 9781250128003