"Jane Sinner snarked her way into my heart, and she's never leaving. Prepare to fall hard for this hilarious, heartfelt gem of a book."โBeckyย Albertalli, author of Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda
Itโs Kind of a Funny Story meets Daria in the darkly hilarious tale of a teenโs attempt to remake her public image and restore inner peace through reality TV. The only thing 17-year-old Jane Sinner hates moreย than failure is pity. After a personal crisis and herย subsequent expulsionย from high school, sheโs going nowhere fast.ย Janeโs well-meaning parents push her to attend a highย school completion program at theย nearby Elbow River Communityย College, and she agrees, on one condition: she gets to move out.
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Jane tackles her housing problem by signing upย forย House of Orange, a student-run reality show that isย basicallyย Big Brother, but forย Elbow Riverย Students. Living away from home, the chance to win a car (used, butย whatever), and a campus full of people who don'tย know what she did inย high schoolโฆ what more could she want? Okay, maybe a family thatย understands why sheโd rather turn to Freudย than Jesus to make senseย of her life, but she'll settle for fifteen minutes in the proverbial spotlight.
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Asย House of Orangeย grows from aย low-budget web series to a local TV show with fans and shoddy T-shirts,ย Jane finally has the chance toย let her cynical, competitive natureย thrive. She'll use her growing fan base,ย and whatever Introย to Psychology can teach her, to prove to the worldโor at least viewers of substandard TVโthat sheย has whatย it takes to win.