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Booksmart meets The Perks of Being a Wallflower in this novel of overachieving, existential crises, growing up, and coming out, from the author of Girl Crushed and Never Have I Ever.

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 u

The Year I Stopped Trying

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      Publisher Random House USA Inc
      Published 16 November 2021
      ISBN-13 9780593118283
      978-0593118283
      ISBN-10 0593118286

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Booksmart meets The Perks of Being a Wallflower in this novel of overachieving, existential crises, growing up, and coming out, from the author of Girl Crushed and Never Have I Ever.

      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 u

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