Leslie Nightingale

@leslienightingale.bsky.social

Writer of YA novels and educator in the DC area Leslienightingale.com

Maddie’s to-do list in SWEET AND SALTY: 🇫🇷 Survive 2 weeks in France 🛀 Avoid POTS flares (esp in the shower) 🖌️ Apply for a gap-year arts program 👯 Hang out with her BFF 🫤 Avoid her ex-BFF, Josh 💋 Avoid falling in love 👶 Find her relatives 🎭 Figure out her purpose

Maddie is a seventeen-year-old from St. Louis. A lover of musical theater, she hasn’t been able to perform since she was diagnosed with POTS two years ago. 🎭 Some adjectives her friends would use to describe her: persistent, independent, loyal, curious, passionate, and optimistic. #DVParty #YA #CI