This book is Matthew Quick’s (author of Silver Linings Playbook) first venture into YA land.
Nanette O’Hare, a star student and athlete, is given a mysterious out-of-print cult classic novel by her beloved teacher that sparks the rebel within her, but as she befriends the reclusive author and attempts to insert her true self into the world with wild abandon, Nanette learns the hard way that sometimes rebellion comes at a high price.
This book was great, but slightly odd. There is something off about Nanette’s personality, but, that is part of what made reading this book so refreshing to me. It was unlike any YA book that I’ve read of late. I would recommend this book for middle school and up!
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