Anatomy of a Misfit This emotional hilarious devastating and ultimately triumphant YA debut based on actual events recounts one girl s rejection of her high school s hierarchy and her discovery of her true self in t
This emotional, hilarious, devastating, and ultimately triumphant YA debut, based on actual events, recounts one girl s rejection of her high school s hierarchy and her discovery of her true self in the face of tragedy.Fall s buzzed about, in house favorite.Outside, Anika Dragomir is all lip gloss and blond hair the third most popular girl in school Inside, she s a freak This emotional, hilarious, devastating, and ultimately triumphant YA debut, based on actual events, recounts one girl s rejection of her high school s hierarchy and her discovery of her true self in the face of tragedy.Fall s buzzed about, in house favorite.Outside, Anika Dragomir is all lip gloss and blond hair the third most popular girl in school Inside, she s a freak a mix of dark thoughts, diabolical plots, and, if local chatter is to be believed, vampire DNA after all, her father is Romanian But she keeps it under wraps to maintain her social position One step out of line and Becky Vilhauer, first most popular girl in school, will make her life hell So when former loner Logan McDonough shows up one September hotter, smarter, and mysterious than ever, Anika knows she can t get involved It would be insane to throw away her social safety for a nerd So what if that nerd is now a black leather jacket wearing dreamboat, and his loner status is clearly the result of his troubled home life Who cares if the right girl could help him with all that, maybe even save him from it Who needs him when Jared Kline, the bad boy every girl dreams of, is asking her on dates Who Anatomy of a Misfit is Mean Girls meets The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and Anika s hilariously deadpan delivery will appeal to readers for its honesty and depth The so sad it s funny high school setting will pull readers in, but when the stor
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Anatomy of a Misfit Best Read || [Andrea Portes]
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Andrea Portes
Andrea Portes is a bestselling American novelist Her novels include HICK, BURY THIS, ANATOMY OF A MISFIT, and THE FALL OF BUTTERFLIES Portes is also the author of the upcoming LIBERTY book series and the upcoming HENRY EVA book series She also published the SUPER RAD graphic novel series for Dark Matter Comics.Portes was raised in rural Nebraska, outside of Lincoln She attended Bryn Mawr College on full scholarship and later received her MFA from University of California, San Diego After graduation, Portes moved to the neighborhood of Echo Park in Los Angeles.In 2007, Portes published her debut novel HICK that was an instant bestseller After the book s huge success, the movie adaptation of HICK went into production in 2011 The film, starring Chlo Grace Moretz, Alec Baldwin, Eddie Redmayne, Juliette Lewis, and Blake Lively premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2011.Portes s second novel, BURY THIS, was published in January 2014 by Counterpoint Press s imprint Soft Skull Press to critical acclaim.In 2012, she wrote SUPER RAD, a sci fi series for Dark Matter Press.Portes third novel, ANATOMY OF A MISFIT, was published in September 2014 by HarperCollins In July 2014, the book was optioned in a pre emptive deal by Paramount Pictures, with Allison Shearmur THE HUNGER GAMES, CINDERELLA producing.In Winter 2015, Portes spy thriller series LIBERTY was bought in a three book deal by HarperCollins Twentieth Century Fox Fox 2000 acquired the rights to LIBERTY and will be producing the series with Wyck Godfrey TWILIGHT, THE FAULT IN OUR STARS.Her fourth book, THE FALL OF BUTTERFLIES will be out in May 2016 published by HarperCollins.Portes also chose HarperCollins to publish HENRY EVA AND THE CASTLE ON THE CLIFF, the first in a middle reader series of HENRY EVA books The second release in the series will be HENRY EVA AND THE FAMOUS PEOPLE GHOSTS.Portes is currently working on THEY WERE LIKE WOLVES, a work of literary fiction.