From Annie Barrows, the acclaimed #1 New York TimesтАУbestselling coauthor of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and the author of the award-winning and bestselling Ivy + Bean books, this teen debut tells the story of Charlotte and Frankie, two high school students and best friends who donтАЩt have magical powers, fight aliens, crash their cars, get pierced, or discover they are royal. They just go to school. And live at home. With their parents. A great read for fans of Becky Albertalli, Louise Rennison, and Adi Alsaid.
Nothing ever happens to Charlotte and Frankie. Their lives are nothing like the lives of the girls they read about in their YA novels. They donтАЩt have flowing red hair, and hot romantic encounters never happenтАФlet alone meeting a true soul mate. They just go to high school and live at home with their parents, who are pretty normal, all things considered.
But when Charlotte decides to write down everything that happens during their sophomore yearтАФto prove that nothing happens and there is no plot or character development in real lifeтАФsheтАЩs surprised to find that being fifteen isnтАЩt as boring as she thought. ItтАЩs weird, heartbreaking, silly, and complicated. And maybe, just perfect.
Annie Barrows is a middle-aged lady who doesnтАЩt talk very much, which is why none of the kids who hang out in her house noticed that she was writing down everything they said. SheтАЩs like a ninja, except sheтАЩs never killed anyone. Okay, okay, sheтАЩs also the author of the Ivy + Bean booksтАФremember them? They were fun!тАФand The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. All of which were New York Times bestsellers, if you care about that kind of thing. www.anniebarrows.com