The Fangirl Project by Beth Reekles, 350 pages. Delecorte (Random House), 2025. $13 (pb)
Language: R (39 swears, 1 ‘f’); Mature Content: PG-13 (kiss, some drinking); Violence: G
BUYING ADVISORY: MS, HS - OPTIONAL
APPEALS TO: SEVERAL
16yo Cerys has never watched the tv shows, hasn’t read the books, done none of the fan stuff, but she is determined to stay best friends with Jake, who moved to a new school and has way less time for her now. Plus, she’d like to unfriend-zone herself and move to girlfriend status. Thus here she is on sSaturday, headed to Worlds Beyond fantasy con to join Jake in his love of the Of Wrath and Ruin sphere. But she also has to put up with his new friend and soccer teammate, Max, who is way into all of this fandom stuff. But Cerys is determined to persevere and joins an online chat group where she and Jake really seem to be connecting, or should she say @runicrascal, his online name.
I don’t want to give things away here - you’ll have to figure out the truth I did. There is some great interplay between Cerys and her new group of friends also - very much kicking against the stereotypes.
Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS

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