Schae, Birdie - Smahs or Pass

Smash or Pass

Author: Birdie Schae

Genre: Romance, Young Adult, Sports

Pages: 256

Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers

Release Date: May 12, 2026

Format: Hardcover

Size (in cm): 21.7 (height) x 14.8 (width) x 2.3 (depth)

ISBN: 9798217033263

Synopsis:

For 16-year-old Ellie, beach volleyball camp is a disaster until she's paired with Sierra, an athletic prodigy who teaches her that volleyball...and love are about taking the right shot in this sporty sapphic romance.

Ellie dates the Right Guy, says all the Right Things, and acts the Right Way to avoid being ridiculed for her autism. When that Right Guy unceremoniously dumps her right before they're supposed to go to beach volleyball camp together, Ellie's perfectly curated world comes crashing down and she's labeled the boring, weird girl.

Desperate to regain her good reputation (and yeah, sure, the boy...), Ellie goes to Camp SMASH, which is nothing like she expected. There, she's paired with Sierra, a mysterious, standoffish volleyball legacy who makes Ellie's quest to get her boyfriend back even more complicated...

Dive into this sporty summer romance full of the classics: a ragtag group of friends, a tense game of capture the flag, and a swoon-worthy sapphic love story.

LGBT Themes:

• Sapphic
• Lesbian

Relevant Tags:

Lesbian, Romance, Young Adult, Queer, LGBT, Sports, Contemporary, Sports Romance, Fiction, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Sapphic, Lesbian