I'm Not Your Manic Pixie Dream Girl (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780062409119)

From acclaimed author Gretchen McNeil comes her first realistic contemporary romance--perfect for fans of Kody Keplinger's The Duff and Morgan Matson's Since You've Been Gone.

Beatrice Maria Estrella Giovannini has life all figured out. She's starting senior year at the top of her class, she's a shoo-in for a scholarship to M.I.T., and she's got a new boyfriend she's crazy about. The only problem: All through high school Bea and her best friends Spencer and Gabe have been the targets of horrific bullying.

So Bea uses her math skills to come up with The Formula, a 100% mathematically guaranteed path to social happiness in high school. Now Gabe is on his way to becoming Student Body President, and Spencer is finally getting his art noticed. But when her boyfriend Jesse dumps her for Toile, the quirky new girl at school, Bea realizes it's time to use The Formula for herself. She'll be reinvented as the eccentric and lovable Trixie--a quintessential manic pixie dream girl--in order to win Jesse back and beat new-girl Toile at her own game.

Unfortunately, being a manic pixie dream girl isn't all it's cracked up to be, and "Trixie" is causing unexpected consequences for her friends. As The Formula begins to break down, can Bea find a way to reclaim her true identity and fix everything she's messed up? Or will the casualties of her manic pixie experiment go far deeper than she could possibly imagine?

Author: Gretchen McNeil
ISBN-10: 0062409115
ISBN-13: 9780062409119
Publisher: Balzer & Bray/Harperteen
Language: English
Published: 10/18/2016
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.80w x 1.30d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.4
Point Value: 12
Interest Level: Middle Grade Plus
Quiz #/Name: 193715 / I'm Not Your Manic Pixie Dream Girl


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2016
Publishers Weekly 08/08/2016
School Library Journal 09/01/2016 pg. 150
Booklist 09/15/2016 pg. 61
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 11/01/2016
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2016 - Recommended - Readable
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2017 - Recommended, Satisfactory