With opening night fast approaching, Operation Pucker Up reaching ridiculous levels, and family drama teeming behind the scenes, Grace is beginning to think all this love stuff is way too complicated. Rachele Alpine is the author of the middle grade novels Operation Pucker Up and You Throw Like a Girl and the young adult novels A Void the Size of the. Her mom and sister welcome Dad back with open arms, but Grace can’t simply forgive and forget. And as if Grace isn’t having a hard enough time, her estranged father suddenly reappears after leaving six months earlier. So Grace’s two best friends propose Operation Pucker Up-a plan for Grace to score a kiss before opening night so she doesn’t make a fool of herself in front of an audience. First kisses are always nerve-racking-but especially when theyre onstage Can Grace find a. When Grace Shaw finds out she’s been cast as the lead in her school play, she has about two seconds to celebrate before she realizes she’ll have to kiss Prince Charming, aka James Lowe, aka the heartthrob of Sloane Middle School…on the lips! She’s never kissed a boy, and the idea of experiencing her very first kiss in front of a live audience with the most popular boy in school sounds like her worst nightmare instead of a dream come true. Operation Pucker Up by Rachele Alpine available in Trade Paperback on, also read synopsis and reviews.

With opening night fast approaching, Operation Pucker Up reaching ridiculous levels, and family drama teeming behind the scenes, Grace is beginning to think all this love stuff is way too complicated. First kisses are always nerve-racking-but especially when they’re onstage! Can Grace find a real-life Prince Charming before she has to lock lips in front of a crowd? /rebates/2fOperation-Pucker-Up-Rachele-Alpine2fbook2f30951535&. Her mom and sister welcome Dad back with open arms, but Grace can’t simply forgive and forget.