September’s FYA Book Club Pick
Reasons to Hate Me by Susan Metallo
Jess Lanza’s senior year is definitely not going as planned, a fact she has begun chronicling on an online blog directed at the three girls intent on making her life hell. One of those girls, Chloe, actually used to be her best friend, until Chloe’s boyfriend told the whole class that Jess hooked up with him. It doesn’t matter that Jess isn’t actually clear on what happened (she doesn’t like to think about it), nor does her lack of romantic interest in anyone seem to factor into how she’s now being perceived (as a big ole slut). While she’s always felt different, due to her autism, Jess is now an island, with only one remaining friend, Cam, who happens to be the hottest guy in school. Cam is awesome—SO awesome, I’ll talk more about him later—but he doesn’t entirely understand Jess like Chloe did, because Chloe is also neurodivergent.
Through writing on her blog, Jess seeks to both examine and redeem herself, though her brutal, often bitingly funny honesty extends to her ex-friends as well as her family. (And as a theater nerd, let’s just say she has a flair for the dramatic.) Surviving high school is a battle for anyone, but for Jess, it’s becoming an all-out war, one in which she might just be her own worst enemy.
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