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Author:
Hale, Shannon.
Title:
Kind of a big deal / Shannon Hale.
Edition:
Unabridged.
Publisher:
Thorndike
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
506 pages : Large Print.
Subject:
High school dropouts--Fiction.
Large print books--Young Adult.
Characters and characteristics in literature--Fiction.
Young Adult - Fiction.
Teenage girls--Fiction.
Books and reading--Fiction.
Satirical literature.
Love stories.
Romance fiction.
Summary:
There's nothing worse than peaking in high school. Nobody knows that better than Josie Pie. She was kind of a big deal. She dropped out of high school to be a star! But the bigger she was, the harder she fell.. And Josie fell. Hard. Ouch. Broadway dream: dead. Meanwhile, her life keeps imploding. Best friend: distant. Boyfriend: busy. Mom: not playing with a full deck? Desperate to escape, Josie gets into reading. Literally. She reads a book and suddenly she's inside it. And with each book, she's a different character: a post-apocalyptic heroine, the lead in a YA rom-com, a 17th century wench in a corset. it's the perfect way to live out her fantasies. Book after book, Josie the failed star finds a new way to shine. But the longer she stays in a story, the harder it becomes to escape.Will Josie find a story so good that she just stays forever?
ISBN:
1432890107
9781432890100
Locations:
FWPE284 -- Manchester Public Library (Manchester)

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