Scarlett Epstein Hates It Here

Cross Veronica Mars with MTV's Daria, and you'll get Scarlett Epstein, the snarky, judgmental, and often hilarious star ofScarlett Epstein Hates It Here, a witty and heartwarming novel that's perfect for fans of David Arnold'sMosquitolandand Kody Keplinger'sThe Duff. Cross Veronica Mars with MTV's Daria, and you'll get Scarlett Epstein, the snarky, judgmental, and often hilarious star ofScarlett Epstein Hates It Here, a witty and heartwarming novel that's perfect for fans of David Arnold'sMosquitolandand Kody Keplinger'sThe Duff. 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. When Scarlett's 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 aren't the swoon-worthy stars of her fave series-they're 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 relationships-both online and off. 'A sparkling, unabashedly feminist debut.'Kirkus Reviews,Starred Review 'A perfect match for fans of Rainbow Rowell'sFangirl.'Booklist

**A social outcast in high school but a big hit in the online fanfiction community, Scarlett Epstein starts to incorporate some real life inspirations into her fanfic . . . but what she says online might just come back to bite her IRL. “Rainbow Rowell’s Fangirl meets Harriet the Spy.”—Teen Vogue “Absolutely delightful, the kind of book you’ll be reading for an hour before you realize you’ve been grinning the whole time.”—BuzzFeed** 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 weed-smoking seventy-three-year-old neighbor. When Scarlett’s 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 aren’t the swoon-worthy stars of her fave series—they’re the real-life kids from her high school. And if they ever find out what Scarlett truly thinks about them, she’ll be thrust into a situation far more dramatic than anything she’s ever seen on TV. . . .