The Exact Opposite of Okay (Izzy O'Neill #1)Author: Laura Steven
Genre: YA Contemporary/Feminism
Release Date: June 11, 2019
Publisher: HarperTeen
Synopsis:
Bitingly funny and shockingly relevant, The Exact Opposite of Okay is
a bold, brave, and necessary read for fans of Louise O'Neill and
Jennifer Mathieu.
Eighteen-year-old Izzy O’Neill knows exactly who she is—a loyal friend,
an aspiring comedian, and a person who believes that milk shakes and
Reese’s peanut butter cups are major food groups. But after she’s caught
in a compromising position with the son of a politician, it seems like
everyone around her is eager to give her a new label: slut.
Izzy is certain that the whole thing will blow over and she can get back
to worrying about how she doesn’t reciprocate her best friend Danny’s
feelings for her and wondering how she is ever going to find a way out
of their small town. Only it doesn’t.
And while she’s used to laughing her way out of any situation, as she
finds herself first the center of high school gossip and then in the
middle of a national scandal, it's hard even for her to find humor in
the situation.
Izzy may be determined not to let anyone else define who she is, but
that proves easier said than done when it seems like everyone has
something to say about her.
Read an excerpt from The Exact Opposite of Okay HERE!
Laura Steven is an author, journalist
and screenwriter from the northernmost town in England. The Exact
Opposite of Okay, her YA debut, was published by Egmont in March 2018.
The sequel, A Girl Called Shameless, will follow in 2019.
As well as mentoring aspiring authors through schemes like Pitch Wars,
Laura works for Mslexia, a non-profit organisation supporting women
writers. She graduated with Distinction from her MA in Creative Writing
in 2017, and her TV pilot Clickbait – a mockumentary about journalists
at a viral news agency – was a finalist in British Comedy's 2016 Sitcom
Mission.
Laura is represented by Suzie Townsend of New Leaf Literary and Media Inc.
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This book was already on my TBR as I love to read contemporary YA that brings out all the emotions like this one sounds like it will do.
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