Big Mouth & Ugly Girl

Description: In her first novel for young adults, acclaimed author Oates creates a provocative and unflinching story of friendship and family, loyalty and betrayal that hits close to home.

Brief description:

Joyce Carol Oates is a recipient of the National Medal of Humanities, the National Book Critics Circle Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award, the National Book Award, and the 2019 Jerusalem Prize, and has been several times nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. She has written some of the most enduring fiction of our time, including the national bestsellers We Were the Mulvaneys; Blonde, which was nominated for the National Book Award; and the New York Times bestseller The Falls, which won the 2005 Prix Femina. She is the Roger S. Berlind Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at Princeton University and has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters since 1978.

Review Quotes:

"Believable, full-blooded characters. Convincing high-school back-drop." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"A thought-provoking, character-driven drama." - ALA Booklist (starred review)

"A fast-moving, timely, compelling story." - School Library Journal

"A superb story bursting with themes relevant to high school life today." - Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Middle and high school kids will find a lot rings true in "Big Mouth and Ugly Girl." - San Francisco Chronicle

"A divinely readable novel, one of the finest and most provocative in any genre of late." - Ruminator Review

"Compelling. Honest and penetrating." - Kirkus Reviews

"Gripping." - Washington Post

"Should bring Oates a whole new generation of fans." - Denver Rocky Mountain News