Pub Date: February 4, 2020
Dewey: FIC
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: 13 to 18
Physical Info: 0.60" H x 8.20" L x 5.40" W ( 0.40 lbs) 240 pages
BISAC Categories:
Young Adult Fiction | Girls and Women | Social Themes | SelfEsteem and SelfReliance | Suicide
Description: Parker Fadley has quit the cheerleading squad, broken up with her boyfriend, and is in danger of not graduating with her class, but she refuses to discuss what has precipitated this sudden change in her attitude and behavior.
Brief description: Courtney Summers is the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of several novels for young adults, including Cracked Up to Be, All the Rage and Sadie. Her work has been released to multiple starred reviews, received numerous awards and honors--including the Edgar Award, John Spray Mystery Award, Cybils Award, Odyssey Award, and International Thriller Award--and has been recognized by many library, 'Best Of' and Readers' Choice lists. She lives and writes in Canada.
Review Quotes:
"The propulsive, riveting novel that started it all." - Karen M. McManus, New York Times bestselling author of One of Us is Lying and Two Can Keep a Secret
"Cracked Up to Be was my first introduction to the vicious brilliance that is Courtney Summers. Right from the opening lines, that breathless hammering of beats that illustrate the terrifying and true experience of high school, I knew I was in the hands of a writer who would be honest with her readers, who would even be brutal. This book changed me as a reader and as a writer. I could never go back again. After being gutted by a Summers novel, why would anyone want to?" --Nova Ren Suma, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Walls Around Us "Cracked Up to Be is a blisteringly realistic exploration of high school and the trauma that can occur during adolescence. Its brutally honest portrayal of Parker Fadley and her world is unforgettable. A modern classic." --Brandy Colbert, award-winning author of The Revolution of Birdie Randolph and Little & Lion "This book is a raw, exposed nerve: all the mess we shouldn't see, shouldn't be, wrapped up in the story of one unforgettable girl. Courtney Summers and CRACKED UP TO BE rewrote the rules and for that I am forever grateful." -- Rebecca Barrow, author of This Is What It Feels Like "Parker Fadley is THE seminal unlikable female character of modern young adult literature. One of my favorite books of all time, CRACKED UP TO BE is absolutely riveting from first page to last." - Laurie Devore, author of How to Break a Boy and Winner Take All