The only thing worse than the first day of senior year at a new high school is reliving it over, and over again.This ?Groundhog Day? meetsPretty in Pinkmashup has Andie using all of her film knowledge to find out how to break the curse. Could it be true love's first kiss? Or is it reconciling with her own misconceptions? Only time will tell.Andie is the type of girl who always comes up with the perfect thing to say after its too late to say it. In a disastrous first day full of mishap at her new high school in Punxsutawney, PA, she just wants to disappear. Her passion and knowledge of movies from rom coms to suspense and everything in between made her think a fresh start would be easy, and maybe lead to her first kiss. When she wakes up caught in an endless loop of her first day at her new school, Andie decides to take matters into her own hands and find a way to stop the time loop whatever it takes.Convinced the curse will be broken when she meets her true love, Andie embarks on a mission: infiltrating the various cliquesfrom the jocks to the nerds to the misfitsto find the one boy who can break the spell. What she discovers along the way is that people who seem completely different can often share the very same hopes, dreams, and hang-ups. And that even a day that has been lived over and over can be filled with unexpected connections and plenty of happy endings.Pretty in Punxsutawney:Includes tropes of coming of age, first kiss, first crush, true love, and misfitsAddresses social issues of self-discovery, navigating cliques, and overcoming stereotypesIs an homage to beloved 80s movies, such as John Hughes?The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles,?and?Pretty in Pink?Is perfect for fans ofThis Is Kind of an Epic Love Storyby Kacen Callender orThe Do-Overby JenniferHoneybournIs a 2020 YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers

 

 

This book has been graded for interest at 13-18 years.

There are 304 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2019 by HarperCollins Focus .

Laurie Boyle Crompton is the author of Blaze (or Love in the Time of Supervillains) and The Real Prom Queens of Westfield High (Sourcebooks). She lives near New York City, but she loves to escape to the mountains in New Paltz, New York, where she and her family can often be found climbing over rocks or tromping through the forest.