This May Sound Crazy

November 15, 2015
Grades 8-11 Abigail Breslin wants to be your best friend. She may be an Academy Award nominee, but this 19-year-old is much more about hashtags and hyperbole than she is about Hollywood. Like many teenage girls, there's one topic in particular that's near and dear to her heart: boys. For all those girls out there nursing a crush or a broken heart, Abbie's here to help you through it. Step one? Stop Facebook stalking him. Chapter titles include things like The Friend Code, Why Not to Believe Everything You Read on Social Media, and Why Being Honest Sucks a Lot of the Time in other words, everything a modern teen needs for survival in the digital age. Chatty, confessional, and irreverent, this reads like a stream of text messages from a friend, and will no doubt put teens looking for advice at ease. Those who pick this up hoping for insider Hollywood gossip will probably be disappointed, but many teen readers will find much to relate to and much to enjoy.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2015, American Library Association.)