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Summer is the annual permission slip to be lazy. To do nothing and have it count for something.
Reviewer (text)
Eden Temple
Kathryn Ormsbee’s novel LUCKY FEW chronicles the trials and tribulations of Stevie Hart’s junior year in homeschool. Best friends Stevie Hart and Sanger Sadler-Hamasaki approach the Austin, Texas, homeschool scene with a mix of reservation and casual acceptance. They aren’t those “jean jumper and long braid wearing homeschoolers,” as Stevie repeatedly assures the reader. Stevie provides us with a first-person look into the life she leads as a diabetic activist whose best friend Sanger is an effortlessly cool coding genius. Read More
Teaser
In the tradition of ME AND EARLY AND THE DYING GIRL comes a hilarious, madcap and quirky debut novel about a group of oddball teens struggling to find themselves when facing their own mortality. The life of homeschooler Stevie Hart gets all shook up when she meets a strange boy, Max, who survived a freak near-fatal accident and is now obsessed with death. He enlists her and her best friend, Sanger, to help him complete his absurd “23 Ways to Fake My Death Without Dying” checklist. What starts off as fun begins spiraling downward when Stevie’s diabetes sabotages her fumbling romance with Max, Sanger announces she’s moving out of state, and then death --- real death --- cuts close to home.
Promo
In the tradition of ME AND EARLY AND THE DYING GIRL comes a hilarious, madcap and quirky debut novel about a group of oddball teens struggling to find themselves when facing their own mortality. The life of homeschooler Stevie Hart gets all shook up when she meets a strange boy, Max, who survived a freak near-fatal accident and is now obsessed with death. He enlists her and her best friend, Sanger, to help him complete his absurd “23 Ways to Fake My Death Without Dying” checklist. What starts off as fun begins spiraling downward when Stevie’s diabetes sabotages her fumbling romance with Max, Sanger announces she’s moving out of state, and then death --- real death --- cuts close to home.
About the Book
In the tradition of ME AND EARLY AND THE DYING GIRL comes a hilarious, madcap and quirky debut novel about a group of oddball teens struggling to find themselves when facing their own mortality.
The life of homeschooler Stevie Hart gets all shook up when she meets a strange boy, Max, who survived a freak near-fatal accident and is now obsessed with death. He enlists her and her best friend, Sanger, to help him complete his absurd “23 Ways to Fake My Death Without Dying” checklist. What starts off as fun begins spiraling downward when Stevie’s diabetes sabotages her fumbling romance with Max, Sanger announces she’s moving out of state, and then death --- real death --- cuts close to home.
Reviewer
Alyssa Cami has been an avid story lover since before she could read, as her parents and grandparents can attest to from the hours logged at bedtime reading from all the classics. When she isn't reading or writing, Alyssa is running to her latest audiobook purchase, or binge-watching "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" on Netflix. She has her MFA in fiction writing from the University of New Hampshire and currently lives in New York.
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Reviewer (text)
Cat S., Teen Board Member
“Fiction is there when real life fails you. But it’s not a substitute” (228), Sarvenaz Tash writes in her hilarious novel, THE GEEK’S GUIDE TO UNREQUITED LOVE. Graham Posner certainly experiences this philosophy when he, a second-generation nerd, tries to confess his love to his best friend (and fellow nerd) Roxana, at the New York Comic Con.
“This book...takes the reader through ComicCon in a very realistic way, full of jokes and humor while waiting in long lines, but at the same time gets a very important message across.”
Teaser
Graham met his best friend, Roxana, when he moved into her neighborhood eight years ago, and she asked him which Hogwarts house he'd be sorted into. Graham has been in love with her ever since. But now they're 16, still neighbors, still best friends. And Graham and Roxy share more than ever --- moving on from their Harry Potter obsession to a serious love of comic books. When Graham learns that the creator of their favorite comic, The Chronicles of Althena, is making a rare appearance at this year's New York Comic Con, he knows he must score tickets. And the event inspires Graham to come up with the perfect plan to tell Roxy how he really feels about her.
Promo
Graham met his best friend, Roxana, when he moved into her neighborhood eight years ago, and she asked him which Hogwarts house he'd be sorted into. Graham has been in love with her ever since. But now they're 16, still neighbors, still best friends. And Graham and Roxy share more than ever --- moving on from their Harry Potter obsession to a serious love of comic books. When Graham learns that the creator of their favorite comic, The Chronicles of Althena, is making a rare appearance at this year's New York Comic Con, he knows he must score tickets. And the event inspires Graham to come up with the perfect plan to tell Roxy how he really feels about her.
About the Book
Graham met his best friend, Roxana, when he moved into her neighborhood eight years ago, and she asked him which Hogwarts house he'd be sorted into. Graham has been in love with her ever since.
But now they're 16, still neighbors, still best friends. And Graham and Roxy share more than ever --- moving on from their Harry Potter obsession to a serious love of comic books.
When Graham learns that the creator of their favorite comic, The Chronicles of Althena, is making a rare appearance at this year's New York Comic Con, he knows he must score tickets. And the event inspires Graham to come up with the perfect plan to tell Roxy how he really feels about her. He's got three days to woo his best friend at the coolest, kookiest con full of superheroes and supervillains. But no one at a comic book convention is who they appear to be...even Roxy. And Graham is starting to realize fictional love stories are way less complicated than real-life ones.
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