Cross Veronica Mars with MTV's Daria, and youâll get Scarlett Epstein, the snarky, judgmental, and often hilarious star of Scarlett Epstein Hates It Here, a witty and heartwarming novel thatâs perfect for fans of David Arnoldâs Mosquitoland and Kody Keplingerâs The Duff.Â
"Absolutely delightful, the kind of book you'll be reading for an hour before you realize you've been grinning the whole time."Â âBuzzfeed
"A sparkling, unabashedly feminist debut." âKirkus Reviews, Starred Review
"Rainbow Rowellâs Fangirl meets Harriet the Spy in this coming-of-age tale filled with emotional resonance."âTeenVogue.com
Meet Scarlett Epstein, BNF (Big Name Fan) in her online community of fanfiction writers, world-class nobody at Melville High. Her best (read: only) IRL friends are Avery, a painfully shy and annoyingly attractive bookworm, and Ruth, her pot-smoking, possibly insane seventy-three-year-old neighbor.
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When Scarlettâs beloved TV show is canceled and her longtime crush, Gideon, is sucked out of her orbit and into the dark and distant world of Populars, Scarlett turns to the fanfic message boards for comfort. This time, though, her subjects arenât the swoon-worthy stars of her fave seriesâtheyâre the real-life kids from her high school. Scarlett never considers what might happen if they were to find out what she truly thinks about them...until a dramatic series of events exposes a very different reality than Scarlett's stories, forever transforming her approach to relationshipsâboth online and off.