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Jessica Verdi

    Jessica Verdi focuses on writing for young readers, exploring the complexities of adolescence. Her work is characterized by its honesty and its knack for capturing authentic teenage experiences. Verdi often weaves humor with deeper emotions, creating stories that are both entertaining and thought-provoking. Her style is designed to resonate with a young audience, offering them a lens through which to view their own lives.

    Follow Your Arrow
    The Summer I Wasn't Me
    • 2021

      Follow Your Arrow

      • 320 pages
      • 12 hours of reading
      3.9(554)Add rating

      For fans of Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera, this is a riveting and irresistible take on love, life, and identity -- both online and off. CeCe Ross is kind of a big deal. She and her girlfriend, Silvie, are social media influencers with zillions of fans and followers, known for their cute outfits and being #relationshipgoals. So when Silvie breaks up with her, CeCe is devastated. She's lost her first love, and now she can't help but wonder if she'll lose her followers as well. Things get even messier when CeCe meets Josh, a new boy in town who is very much Not Online. CeCe isn't surprised to be falling for a guy; she's always known she's bi. And Josh is sweet and smart and has excellent taste in donuts... but he has no idea that CeCe is internet-famous. And CeCe sort of wants to keep it that way. But when CeCe's secrets catch up to her, she finds herself in the middle of an online storm, where she'll have to confront the blurriness of public vs. private life, and figure out what it really means to speak her truth.

      Follow Your Arrow
    • 2014

      The Summer I Wasn't Me

      • 342 pages
      • 12 hours of reading
      3.9(4120)Add rating

      Lexi has a secret.She never meant for her mom to find out. And now she's afraid that what's left of her family is going to fall apart for good.Lexi knows she can fix everything. She can change. She can learn to like boys. New Horizons summer camp has promised to transform her life, and there's nothing she wants more than to start over.But sometimes love has its own path...

      The Summer I Wasn't Me