Book
"The year I stopped trying." : - a novel
Call Number
- FICTION HEAN TEEN (CEN, OSH)
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York, NY : Alfred A Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, 2021.
Physical Description
245 pages : 22 cm
Summary
"Mary is having an existential crisis. She's a good student, she never gets in trouble, and she is searching for the meaning of life. She always thought she'd find it in a perfect score on the SATs. But by junior year, Mary isn't so sure anymore. The first time, it's an accident. She forgets to do a history assignment. She even crosses "history essay" off in her pristine planner. And then: Nothing happens. She doesn't burst into flames, the world doesn't end, the teacher doesn't even pull her aside after class. So she asks herself: Why am I trying so hard? What if I stop? With her signature wit and heaps of dark humor, Katie Heaney delivers a stunning YA novel the sprints full-force into the big questions our teen years beg--and adeptly unravels their web."--Amazon.
Subjects
- Teenage girls > Fiction.
- Academic achievement > Juvenile fiction.
- Existentialism > Juvenile fiction.
- Meaning (Philosophy) > Juvenile fiction.
- Lesbians > Juvenile fiction.
- Bildungsromans.
- High school students > Fiction.
- Academic achievement > Fiction.
- High schools > Fiction.
- Coming of age > Fiction.
- Lesbians > Fiction.