This Is Not A Personal StatementAdmission meets American Panda in this propulsive, poignant YA contemporary novel about a teen who, after getting rejected from her dream college, forges her own acceptance and commits to living a lie. Perfect for fans of Mary H. K. Choi! At sixteen, Perla is the youngest graduating senior of the hypercompetitive Monte Verde High. Praisedand not so quietly bashedas Perfect Perlie Perez, Perla knows all the late nights, social isolation, and crushing

- Jason Issacs

author of Death in the Lakes

And I am reaching for words like landslide and like wave and like storm

He makes friends with the hens

- Establish boundaries that allow you to engage in more meaningful work

' - The Observer Food Monthly 50'100 Most Influential Women in Hospitality

in the classroom or at home

Because the best form of anti-ageing is the kind that keeps everyone guessing

the world sat up in attention

now find themselves in

We saved our love from the world but we couldn't save it from each other

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