Elise Dembrowski was born to be unpopular. She was uncool by fourth grade. The summer after her freshman year she decides that she is going to remake herself. She is going to become cool. After sacrificing hours of sunshine to magazines and Internet research, working really hard at being cool, she realizes that "this should have bee a red flag." "Working really hard on anything is, by definition, not cool." When she discovers Start, an underground teen/YA nightclub and its DJ, Char, her life is indeed changed. Is it for the better? This novel embraces divorced parents, shared custody, blended families, teenage snarkiness, cyber bullying, a vast compendium of musical expertise, and an indomitable heroine who just wants to have a friend and to be one.
Gateway Award Preliminary Nominee 2015-16
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