Yes, there are points where you want to slap Hazel and Augustus for sounding so irritatingly pretentious… but then you remember, they’re teenagers.Īngst-ridden pretension comes with the job description, especially when you’re dying. In terms of tugging at your heartstrings, The Fault in Our Stars yanks them to the extreme.

Already, the main character is doomed to die… but not before she is introduced to the love of her life at a cancer kids mutual support group. We know this because this is how she introduces herself in the opening lines of the book. Hazel is sixteen years old and dying of cancer. The Fault in Our Stars catapulted John Green (an already commercially successful author) into the stratosphere. Tear-jerking stories should be expected in books like Fangirl. Well worth a read if you enjoyed Fangirl. I’ll Meet You Thereis essentially a study of underprivileged poor kids and how difficult it is for the socially and economically deprived to make headway in a world designed to repress them. Want a change from paper books? - Get a 30-Day Free Trial of Audible to try out audio books or try out Kindle Unlimited so you can download unlimited ebooks! Gradually the two strike up a bittersweet relationship as they begin to come to terms with life, loss and the resilience you need to survive and if possible, thrive. Whilst working at the Paradise Motel, Skylar meets Josh, an injured marine with a missing leg. Only three months of summer separates Skyler from art school, that is until her mother loses her job threatening Skylar’s dreams. Skylar Evans is on her way to evading the typical Creek View girl lifestyle of teenaged pregnancy and deadbeat jobs. There are some books like Fangirl which delight in putting their teenaged protagonist through the emotional ringer. I’ll Meet You There, by Heather Demetrios Anika is mean in the way many teenagers can be (especially the “popular” kids), but that makes the analysis of her flaws all the more interesting. Anika treads a thin line, trying to maintain her social position with the other girls, until Logan, a passing former-nerd with a troubled home life sparks her hormones.Īnatomy of a Misfit will appeal to readers of Fangirl with its flawed deadpan lead, teenaged angst and a sprinkle of will they/won’t they romance. In Anatomy of a Misfit, we follow Anika Dragomir, the third-most-popular girl at school.īlonde hair and lip gloss on the outside, dark thoughts, fiendish plots and tragedy on the inside. They Both Die at the End, by Adam SilveraĨ Books like Fangirl Anatomy of a Misfit, by Andrea Portesīooks like Fangirl often hone in on the teenaged politics and horrors of high school that every high school student faces.The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky.I’ll Meet You There, by Heather Demetrios.

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