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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Flatiron Books
ISBN-10
1250075009
ISBN-13
9781250075000
eBay Product ID (ePID)
219191350
Product Key Features
Book Title
American Girls : a Novel
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Performing Arts / Film, General, Girls & Women, People & Places / United States / General, Social Themes / Runaways
Publication Year
2016
Genre
Juvenile Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
Format
Hardcover
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Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
15.2 Oz
Item Length
8.6 in
Item Width
5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Young Adult Audience
LCCN
2016-001606
Reviews
An Amazon Best Book of the Year So Far A Barnes & Noble Best YA Book of the Year So Far "Two new novels explore the story of the Manson murders by shoving the ringleader to the side and putting the girls (and girlhood itself) at the center of the narrative: The much-discussed The Girls by Emma Cline, and the less-analyzed, though no less worthy, American Girls by Alison Umminger. Cline and Umminger take a crime that seems impossible to understand, and show the girls behind it being fueled by feelings that are all too familiar." -- The Atlantic "Messy, honest, and unflinchingly real. I can't get this book out of my head. I don't want to get this book out of my head." -- Becky Albertalli , Morris Award-winning author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda "I read American Girls in parallel with Emma Cline's The Girls and it provided a masterful one-two punch. An extraordinary book, with empathy and heart to spare." -- Jeff Zentner , author of The Serpent King "Alison Umminger doesn't pull any punches in her debut: Funny, sad, often surprising, and just damned authentic. I know I won't be the only one who didn't want Anna's glittery-dark Hollywood summer to end." -- emily m. danforth , author of The Miseducation of Cameron Post "A razor-sharp commentary on our culture, observed with keen wit from the perspective of one honest and complex American girl. An insightful, original take on the coming-of-age story." -- Kirkus , starred review "Bittersweet and true, Anna's journey to self-discovery is one that should be widely read." -- ALA Booklist , starred review "Reveals richly complicated relationships among mothers, daughters, and sisters." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review, "A razor-sharp commentary on our culture, observed with keen wit from the perspective of one honest and complex American girl. An insightful, original take on the coming-of-age story ." -- Kirkus , starred review "Reveals richly complicated relationships among mothers, daughters, and sisters." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review "Alison Umminger doesn't pull any punches in her debut: Funny, sad, often surprising, and just damned authentic. I know I won't be the only one who didn't want Anna's glittery-dark Hollywood summer to end." --emily m. danforth, author of The Miseducation of Cameron Post "The most imaginative novel I've read in years. Incredible and important. " --Kiese Laymon, author of How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America "Furious, elegiac, emotionally honest, and ultimately hopeful. We'll be talking about this one for a long, long time ." --Bookshelves of Doom, An Amazon Best Book of the Year (So Far) A Barnes & Noble Best YA Book of the Year (So Far) "Messy, honest, and unflinchingly real. I can't get this book out of my head. I don't want to get this book out of my head." -- Becky Albertalli , Morris Award-winning author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda "Alison Umminger doesn't pull any punches in her debut: Funny, sad, often surprising, and just damned authentic. I know I won't be the only one who didn't want Anna's glittery-dark Hollywood summer to end." -- emily m. danforth , critically acclaimed author of The Miseducation of Cameron Post "A razor-sharp commentary on our culture, observed with keen wit from the perspective of one honest and complex American girl. An insightful, original take on the coming-of-age story." -- Kirkus , starred review "Bittersweet and true, Anna's journey to self-discovery is one that should be widely read." -- ALA Booklist , starred review "Reveals richly complicated relationships among mothers, daughters, and sisters." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review "The most imaginative novel I've read in years. Incredible and important." -- Kiese Laymon , author of How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America, An Amazon Best Book of the Year (So Far) A Barnes & Noble Best YA Book of the Year (So Far) "Two new novels explore the story of the Manson murders by shoving the ringleader to the side and putting the girls (and girlhood itself) at the center of the narrative: The much-discussed The Girls by Emma Cline, and the less-analyzed, though no less worthy, American Girls by Alison Umminger. Cline and Umminger take a crime that seems impossible to understand, and show the girls behind it being fueled by feelings that are all too familiar." -- The Atlantic "Messy, honest, and unflinchingly real. I can't get this book out of my head. I don't want to get this book out of my head." -- Becky Albertalli , Morris Award-winning author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda "Alison Umminger doesn't pull any punches in her debut: Funny, sad, often surprising, and just damned authentic. I know I won't be the only one who didn't want Anna's glittery-dark Hollywood summer to end." -- emily m. danforth, critically acclaimed author of The Miseducation of Cameron Post "A razor-sharp commentary on our culture, observed with keen wit from the perspective of one honest and complex American girl. An insightful, original take on the coming-of-age story." -- Kirkus , starred review "Bittersweet and true, Anna's journey to self-discovery is one that should be widely read." -- ALA Booklist , starred review "Reveals richly complicated relationships among mothers, daughters, and sisters." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review "The most imaginative novel I've read in years. Incredible and important." -- Kiese Laymon, author of How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America, An Amazon Best Book of the Year (So Far) "Messy, honest, and unflinchingly real. I can't get this book out of my head. I don't want to get this book out of my head." -- Becky Albertalli , Morris Award-winning author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda "Alison Umminger doesn't pull any punches in her debut: Funny, sad, often surprising, and just damned authentic. I know I won't be the only one who didn't want Anna's glittery-dark Hollywood summer to end." -- emily m. danforth , critically acclaimed author of The Miseducation of Cameron Post "A razor-sharp commentary on our culture, observed with keen wit from the perspective of one honest and complex American girl. An insightful, original take on the coming-of-age story." -- Kirkus , starred review "Bittersweet and true, Anna's journey to self-discovery is one that should be widely read." -- ALA Booklist , starred review "Reveals richly complicated relationships among mothers, daughters, and sisters." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review "The most imaginative novel I've read in years. Incredible and important." -- Kiese Laymon , author of How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America, "A razor-sharp commentary on our culture, observed with keen wit from the perspective of one honest and complex American girl. An insightful, original take on the coming-of-age story." -- Kirkus , starred review "Reveals richly complicated relationships among mothers, daughters, and sisters." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review "Alison Umminger doesn't pull any punches in her debut: Funny, sad, often surprising, and just damned authentic. I know I won't be the only one who didn't want Anna's glittery-dark Hollywood summer to end." --emily m. danforth, author of The Miseducation of Cameron Post "The most imaginative novel I've read in years. Incredible and important." --Kiese Laymon, author of How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America "Furious, elegiac, emotionally honest, and ultimately hopeful. We'll be talking about this one for a long, long time." --Bookshelves of Doom, An ALA Booklist Top 10 First Novel for Youth A Kirkus Best Book of the Year A Barnes & Noble Best YA Book of the Year "Two new novels explore the story of the Manson murders by shoving the ringleader to the side and putting the girls (and girlhood itself) at the center of the narrative: The much-discussed The Girls by Emma Cline, and the less-analyzed, though no less worthy, American Girls by Alison Umminger. Cline and Umminger take a crime that seems impossible to understand, and show the girls behind it being fueled by feelings that are all too familiar." -- The Atlantic "Messy, honest, and unflinchingly real. I can't get this book out of my head. I don't want to get this book out of my head." -- Becky Albertalli , Morris Award-winning author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda "An extraordinary book, with empathy and heart to spare." -- Jeff Zentner , author of The Serpent King "Alison Umminger doesn't pull any punches in her debut: Funny, sad, often surprising, and just damned authentic. I know I won't be the only one who didn't want Anna's glittery-dark Hollywood summer to end." -- emily m. danforth , author of The Miseducation of Cameron Post "A razor-sharp commentary on our culture, observed with keen wit from the perspective of one honest and complex American girl. An insightful, original take on the coming-of-age story." -- Kirkus , starred review "Bittersweet and true, Anna's journey to self-discovery is one that should be widely read." -- ALA Booklist , starred review "Reveals richly complicated relationships among mothers, daughters, and sisters." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review, Alison Umminger doesn't pull any punches in her debut: it's funny, sad, often surprising, and just damned authentic. I know I won't be the only one who didn't want Anna's glittery-dark Hollywood summer to end. -emily m. danforth, author of The Miseducation of Cameron Post "The most imaginative novel I've read in years. An incredible book, and so important." - Kiese Laymon, author of Long Division and How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America "Furious, elegiac, emotionally honest, and ultimately hopeful. We'll be talking about this one for a long, long time." -Leila Roy, blogger and librarian, bookshelvesofdoom.com"Entirely original. I've never read anything like it, and all I want is more." -Cristin Stickles, McNally Jackson, NYC"I'm not sure I've ever read anything that skillfully balances so many YA elements so seamlessly and so movingly. There's a real, deep, bittersweet sadness and truth and even hope about the novel that will draw in teen readers and take them by surprise." - Angie Manfredi, Los Alamos County Library System, Los Alamos, NM "The best kind of book, in that it caught me by surprise and totally captivated me." - Mackenzie Van Engelenhoven, Porter Square Books, Cambridge, MA "Perfectly captures that overwhelming confusion of adolescence confronting the adult world for the first time and that shift in perspective that we're all struggling with something - some of us are just better at hiding it than others. I loved it!" - Stephanie Beaver, Hoover Public Library, Hoover, AL "An edgy coming-of-age novel that will appeal to adult readers as well as teens, and a lively and incisive treatment of teen-aged girlhood with seriously dark and provocative undertones." - Margaret Mitchell, author of Pretty Is "A novel of an almost overwhelming number of delights - it's suspenseful, funny, wise, and ridiculously smart." - Christine Sneed, author of Little Known Facts, An ALA Booklist Top 10 First Novel for Youth A Kirkus Best Book of the Year A Barnes & Noble Best YA Book of the Year A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best A Bustle Best YA Book of the Year "Two new novels explore the story of the Manson murders by shoving the ringleader to the side and putting the girls (and girlhood itself) at the center of the narrative: The much-discussed The Girls by Emma Cline, and the less-analyzed, though no less worthy, American Girls by Alison Umminger. Cline and Umminger take a crime that seems impossible to understand, and show the girls behind it being fueled by feelings that are all too familiar." -- The Atlantic "Messy, honest, and unflinchingly real. I can't get this book out of my head. I don't want to get this book out of my head. " --Becky Albertalli, Morris Award-winning author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda " An extraordinary book , with empathy and heart to spare." --Jeff Zentner, Morris Award Honor-winning author of The Serpent King "Alison Umminger doesn't pull any punches in her debut: Funny, sad, often surprising, and just damned authentic. I know I won't be the only one who didn't want Anna's glittery-dark Hollywood summer to end." --emily m. danforth, author of The Miseducation of Cameron Post "An incredible book and so, so important." --Kiese Laymon, author of How to Slowly Kill Yourselves and Others in America " A razor-sharp commentary on our culture, observed with keen wit f rom the perspective of one honest and complex American girl. An insightful, original take on the coming-of-age story." -- Kirkus , starred review " Bittersweet and true , Anna's journey to self-discovery is one that should be widely read." --ALA Booklist , starred review "Reveals richly complicated relationships among mothers, daughters, and sisters." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review, An ALA Booklist Top 10 First Novel for Youth An Amazon Best Book of the Year So Far A Barnes & Noble Best YA Book of the Year So Far "Two new novels explore the story of the Manson murders by shoving the ringleader to the side and putting the girls (and girlhood itself) at the center of the narrative: The much-discussed The Girls by Emma Cline, and the less-analyzed, though no less worthy, American Girls by Alison Umminger. Cline and Umminger take a crime that seems impossible to understand, and show the girls behind it being fueled by feelings that are all too familiar." -- The Atlantic "Messy, honest, and unflinchingly real. I can't get this book out of my head. I don't want to get this book out of my head." -- Becky Albertalli , Morris Award-winning author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda "An extraordinary book, with empathy and heart to spare." -- Jeff Zentner , author of The Serpent King "Alison Umminger doesn't pull any punches in her debut: Funny, sad, often surprising, and just damned authentic. I know I won't be the only one who didn't want Anna's glittery-dark Hollywood summer to end." -- emily m. danforth , author of The Miseducation of Cameron Post "A razor-sharp commentary on our culture, observed with keen wit from the perspective of one honest and complex American girl. An insightful, original take on the coming-of-age story." -- Kirkus , starred review "Bittersweet and true, Anna's journey to self-discovery is one that should be widely read." -- ALA Booklist , starred review "Reveals richly complicated relationships among mothers, daughters, and sisters." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review, An ALA Booklist Top 10 First Novel for Youth A Kirkus Best Book of the Year A Barnes & Noble Best YA Book of the Year A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best A Bustle Best YA Book of the Year "Two new novels explore the story of the Manson murders by shoving the ringleader to the side and putting the girls (and girlhood itself) at the center of the narrative: The much-discussed The Girls by Emma Cline, and the less-analyzed, though no less worthy, American Girls by Alison Umminger. Cline and Umminger take a crime that seems impossible to understand, and show the girls behind it being fueled by feelings that are all too familiar." -- The Atlantic "Messy, honest, and unflinchingly real. I can't get this book out of my head. I don't want to get this book out of my head. " --Becky Albertalli, Morris Award-winning author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda " An extraordinary book , with empathy and heart to spare." --Jeff Zentner, Morris Award Honor-winning author of The Serpent King "Alison Umminger doesn't pull any punches in her debut: Funny, sad, often surprising, and just damned authentic. I know I won't be the only one who didn't want Anna's glittery-dark Hollywood summer to end." --emily m. danforth, author of The Miseducation of Cameron Post "An incredible book and so, so important." --Kiese Laymon, author of How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America " A razor-sharp commentary on our culture, observed with keen wit f rom the perspective of one honest and complex American girl. An insightful, original take on the coming-of-age story." -- Kirkus , starred review " Bittersweet and true , Anna's journey to self-discovery is one that should be widely read." --ALA Booklist , starred review "Reveals richly complicated relationships among mothers, daughters, and sisters." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review, Alison Umminger doesn't pull any punches in her debut: Funny, sad, often surprising, and just damned authentic. I know I won't be the only one who didn't want Anna's glittery-dark Hollywood summer to end., An ALA Booklist Top 10 First Novel for Youth A Kirkus Best Book of the Year A Barnes & Noble Best YA Book of the Year A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best A Bustle Best YA Book of the Year "Two new novels explore the story of the Manson murders by shoving the ringleader to the side and putting the girls (and girlhood itself) at the center of the narrative: The much-discussed The Girls by Emma Cline, and the less-analyzed, though no less worthy, American Girls by Alison Umminger. Cline and Umminger take a crime that seems impossible to understand, and show the girls behind it being fueled by feelings that are all too familiar." -- The Atlantic "Messy, honest, and unflinchingly real. I can't get this book out of my head. I don't want to get this book out of my head." -- Becky Albertalli , Morris Award-winning author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda "An extraordinary book, with empathy and heart to spare." -- Jeff Zentner , author of The Serpent King "Alison Umminger doesn't pull any punches in her debut: Funny, sad, often surprising, and just damned authentic. I know I won't be the only one who didn't want Anna's glittery-dark Hollywood summer to end." -- emily m. danforth , author of The Miseducation of Cameron Post "An incredible book and so, so important." -- Kiese Laymon , author of How to Slowly Kill Yourselves and Others in America "A razor-sharp commentary on our culture, observed with keen wit from the perspective of one honest and complex American girl. An insightful, original take on the coming-of-age story." -- Kirkus , starred review "Bittersweet and true, Anna's journey to self-discovery is one that should be widely read." -- ALA Booklist , starred review "Reveals richly complicated relationships among mothers, daughters, and sisters." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review, "A razor-sharp commentary on our culture, observed with keen wit from the perspective of one honest and complex American girl. An insightful, original take on the coming-of-age story." -- Kirkus , starred review "Bittersweet and true, Anna's journey to self-discovery is one that should be widely read." --ALA Booklist , starred review "Reveals richly complicated relationships among mothers, daughters, and sisters." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review "Alison Umminger doesn't pull any punches in her debut: Funny, sad, often surprising, and just damned authentic. I know I won't be the only one who didn't want Anna's glittery-dark Hollywood summer to end." --emily m. danforth, author of The Miseducation of Cameron Post "The most imaginative novel I've read in years. Incredible and important." --Kiese Laymon, author of How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America, An ALA Booklist Top 10 First Novel for Youth An Amazon Best Book of the Year So Far A Barnes & Noble Best YA Book of the Year So Far "Two new novels explore the story of the Manson murders by shoving the ringleader to the side and putting the girls (and girlhood itself) at the center of the narrative: The much-discussed The Girls by Emma Cline, and the less-analyzed, though no less worthy, American Girls by Alison Umminger. Cline and Umminger take a crime that seems impossible to understand, and show the girls behind it being fueled by feelings that are all too familiar." -- The Atlantic "Messy, honest, and unflinchingly real. I can't get this book out of my head. I don't want to get this book out of my head." -- Becky Albertalli , Morris Award-winning author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda "I read American Girls in parallel with Emma Cline's The Girls and it provided a masterful one-two punch. An extraordinary book, with empathy and heart to spare." -- Jeff Zentner , author of The Serpent King "Alison Umminger doesn't pull any punches in her debut: Funny, sad, often surprising, and just damned authentic. I know I won't be the only one who didn't want Anna's glittery-dark Hollywood summer to end." -- emily m. danforth , author of The Miseducation of Cameron Post "A razor-sharp commentary on our culture, observed with keen wit from the perspective of one honest and complex American girl. An insightful, original take on the coming-of-age story." -- Kirkus , starred review "Bittersweet and true, Anna's journey to self-discovery is one that should be widely read." -- ALA Booklist , starred review "Reveals richly complicated relationships among mothers, daughters, and sisters." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review, An Amazon Best Book of the Year (So Far) A Barnes & Noble Best YA Book of the Year So Far "Two new novels explore the story of the Manson murders by shoving the ringleader to the side and putting the girls (and girlhood itself) at the center of the narrative: The much-discussed The Girls by Emma Cline, and the less-analyzed, though no less worthy, American Girls by Alison Umminger. Cline and Umminger take a crime that seems impossible to understand, and show the girls behind it being fueled by feelings that are all too familiar." -- The Atlantic "Messy, honest, and unflinchingly real. I can't get this book out of my head. I don't want to get this book out of my head." -- Becky Albertalli , Morris Award-winning author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda "Alison Umminger doesn't pull any punches in her debut: Funny, sad, often surprising, and just damned authentic. I know I won't be the only one who didn't want Anna's glittery-dark Hollywood summer to end." -- emily m. danforth , critically acclaimed author of The Miseducation of Cameron Post "A razor-sharp commentary on our culture, observed with keen wit from the perspective of one honest and complex American girl. An insightful, original take on the coming-of-age story." -- Kirkus , starred review "Bittersweet and true, Anna's journey to self-discovery is one that should be widely read." -- ALA Booklist , starred review "Reveals richly complicated relationships among mothers, daughters, and sisters." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review "The most imaginative novel I've read in years. Incredible and important." -- Kiese Laymon , author of How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America, An ALA Booklist Top 10 First Novel for Youth A Kirkus Best Book of the Year A Barnes & Noble Best YA Book of the Year A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best A Bustle Best YA Book of the Year "Two new novels explore the story of the Manson murders by shoving the ringleader to the side and putting the girls (and girlhood itself) at the center of the narrative: The much-discussed The Girls by Emma Cline, and the less-analyzed, though no less worthy, American Girls by Alison Umminger. Cline and Umminger take a crime that seems impossible to understand, and show the girls behind it being fueled by feelings that are all too familiar." -- The Atlantic "Messy, honest, and unflinchingly real. I can't get this book out of my head. I don't want to get this book out of my head. " --Becky Albertalli, Morris Award-winning author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda "An extraordinary book, with empathy and heart to spare." --Jeff Zentner, author of The Serpent King "Alison Umminger doesn't pull any punches in her debut: Funny, sad, often surprising, and just damned authentic. I know I won't be the only one who didn't want Anna's glittery-dark Hollywood summer to end." --emily m. danforth, author of The Miseducation of Cameron Post " An incredible book and so, so important." --Kiese Laymon, author of How to Slowly Kill Yourselves and Others in America " A razor-sharp commentary on our culture, observed with keen wit from the perspective of one honest and complex American girl. An insightful, original take on the coming-of-age story. " -- Kirkus , starred review " Bittersweet and true , Anna's journey to self-discovery is one that should be widely read." --ALA Booklist , starred review "Reveals richly complicated relationships among mothers, daughters, and sisters." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review, "Alison Umminger doesn't pull any punches in her debut: Funny, sad, often surprising, and just damned authentic. I know I won't be the only one who didn't want Anna's glittery-dark Hollywood summer to end." --emily m. danforth, author of The Miseducation of Cameron Post "The most imaginative novel I've read in years. Incredible and important." --Kiese Laymon, author of How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America "Furious, elegiac, emotionally honest, and ultimately hopeful. We'll be talking about this one for a long, long time." --Bookshelves of Doom, "Messy, honest, and unflinchingly real. I can't get this book out of my head. I don't want to get this book out of my head." -- Becky Albertalli , Morris Award-winning author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda "Alison Umminger doesn't pull any punches in her debut: Funny, sad, often surprising, and just damned authentic. I know I won't be the only one who didn't want Anna's glittery-dark Hollywood summer to end." -- emily m. danforth , critically acclaimed author of The Miseducation of Cameron Post "A razor-sharp commentary on our culture, observed with keen wit from the perspective of one honest and complex American girl. An insightful, original take on the coming-of-age story." -- Kirkus , starred review "Bittersweet and true, Anna's journey to self-discovery is one that should be widely read." -- ALA Booklist , starred review "Reveals richly complicated relationships among mothers, daughters, and sisters." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review "The most imaginative novel I've read in years. Incredible and important." -- Kiese Laymon , author of How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America, Furious, elegiac, emotionally honest, and ultimately hopeful. We'll be talking about this one for a long, long time.
Synopsis
A bittersweet, honest, and widely acclaimed YA coming-of-age novel that distills honest truths about American girldom Anna is a fifteen-year-old girl slouching toward adulthood, and she's had it with her life at home. So Anna "borrows" her stepmom's credit card and runs away to Los Angeles, where her half-sister takes her in. But LA isn't quite the glamorous escape Anna had imagined. As Anna spends her days on TV and movie sets, she engrosses herself in a project researching the murderous Manson girls--and although the violence in her own life isn't the kind that leaves physical scars, she begins to notice the parallels between herself and the lost girls of LA, and of America, past and present. In Anna's singular voice, we glimpse not only a picture of life on the B-list in LA, but also a clear-eyed reflection on being young, vulnerable, lost, and female in America--in short, on the B-list of life. Alison Umminger writes about girls, violence, and which people society deems worthy of caring about, which ones it doesn't, in a way not often seen in teen fiction. American Girls is: An ALA Booklist Top 10 First Novel A Kirkus Best Book of the Year A Barnes & Noble Best YA Book of the Year A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best of 2016 A Bustle Best YA Book of the Year YALSA 's Best Fiction for Young Adults "Messy, honest, and unflinchingly real. I can't get this book out of my head. I don't want to get this book out of my head. " --Becky Albertalli, Morris Award-winning author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, A bittersweet, honest, and widely acclaimed YA coming-of-age novel that distills honest truths about American girldom Anna is a fifteen-year-old girl slouching toward adulthood, and she's had it with her life at home. So Anna borrows her stepmom's credit card and runs away to Los Angeles, where her half-sister takes her in. But LA isn't quite the glamorous escape Anna had imagined. As Anna spends her days on TV and movie sets, she engrosses herself in a project researching the murderous Manson girls--and although the violence in her own life isn't the kind that leaves physical scars, she begins to notice the parallels between herself and the lost girls of LA, and of America, past and present. In Anna's singular voice, we glimpse not only a picture of life on the B-list in LA, but also a clear-eyed reflection on being young, vulnerable, lost, and female in America--in short, on the B-list of life. Alison Umminger writes about girls, violence, and which people society deems worthy of caring about, which ones it doesn't, in a way not often seen in teen fiction. American Girls is: An ALA Booklist Top 10 First Novel A Kirkus Best Book of the Year A Barnes & Noble Best YA Book of the Year A Chicago Public Library Best of the Best of 2016 A Bustle Best YA Book of the Year YALSA 's Best Fiction for Young Adults Messy, honest, and unflinchingly real. I can't get this book out of my head. I don't want to get this book out of my head. --Becky Albertalli, Morris Award-winning author of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
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