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Product Identifiers

PublisherScholastic, Incorporated

ISBN-101338746235

ISBN-139781338746235

eBay Product ID (ePID)21050103265

Product Key Features

Book TitleThis Might Get Awkward

Number of Pages336 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2022

TopicSocial Themes / Mental Illness, Romance / Contemporary, Humorous / General

GenreYoung Adult Fiction

AuthorKara McDowell

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight14.4 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceYoung Adult Audience

LCCN2022-279392

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsPraise for One Way or Another: 'eoeAn engaging combination of delightfully over-the-top Christmas swoons and realistic anxiety representation.'e -- Kirkus Reviews 'eoeThis book will delight readers who love watching romance at work, knowing that the two protagonists are meant for each other, and wondering: Will they ever realize it?'e -- School Library Journal, Praise for One Way or Another: "An engaging combination of delightfully over-the-top Christmas swoons and realistic anxiety representation." -- Kirkus Reviews "This book will delight readers who love watching romance at work, knowing that the two protagonists are meant for each other, and wondering: Will they ever realize it?" -- School Library Journal

Grade FromSeventh Grade

Number of Volumes1 vol.

Dewey Decimal[Fic]

Grade ToSeventh Grade

SynopsisSophie Kinsella meets Sarah Dessen in the most hilarious, romantic book of the summer about a girl with social anxiety and the boy who refuses to let her hide herself away. Seventeen-year-old Gemma's favorite kind of beach is an empty one. Social interactions are too much for her to handle. She always says the wrong thing--if she manages to say anything at all. She can't even bring herself to speak to her longtime crush, Beau Booker, without losing sleep over her own awkwardness. During a solo outing to her favorite beach, Gemma realizes--to her horror--that the popular kids from school have shown up to throw a party. Before she can sneak away (and possibly puke behind her car) Gemma is pulled into the action and ends up talking to Beau, who asks her to pretend that they're "close." Gemma is too flustered and flattered to refuse, and mostly, she's wondering why Beau is talking to her at all . . . right up until the moment when he falls off the boat, hits his head, and ends up in a coma. After rescuing Beau from the water, Gemma is mistaken for Beau's girlfriend by his friends and family, including his mysterious older brother, Griff, who has returned to town after a year away. Gemma tries to correct the record, but her social anxiety (and a nosy reporter) gets in the way at every turn. Before she knows it, she's in too deep to backtrack. And when Beau's warm, boisterous family pulls Gemma into their orbit, she realizes how much she wants to keep them in her life. For the first time, Gemma has everything she's ever wanted: friends, big family dinners, and Griff--a boy who she can be herself around. But how can she embrace her new dream life when everything is built on a lie?

LC Classification NumberPZ7.1.M43452Th 2022