Everyone Hates Kelsie Miller
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- $16.99
Publisher Description
Today Tonight Tomorrow meets A Pho Love Story in this whip-smart young adult novel about a girl who embarks on a “breezy road trip romp” (Publishers Weekly) with her longtime rival to win back her best friend and his girlfriend.
There’s no one Kelsie Miller hates more than Eric Mulvaney Ortiz—the homecoming king, captain of the football team, and academic archrival in her hyper-competitive prep school. But after Kelsie’s best friend, Brianna, moves across the country and stops speaking to her, she’ll do anything, even talk to Eric, to find out why.
After they run into each other—literally—at the last high school party of the summer, Eric admits he’s been ghosted by his girlfriend, Jessica. Kelsie tells him she’s had zero contact from Briana since she left their upstate New York town.
Suddenly, a plan is formed: they’ll go on a road trip to the University of Pennsylvania the following week when both Brianna and Jessica will be on campus. Together, they’ll do whatever it takes to win back their exes.
What could go wrong?
Used to succeeding in everything, Kelsie and Eric assume they’ll naturally figure out the details on the drive down. What they don’t expect is that the person they actually need may be the one sitting next to them.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Two teens join forces to figure out why they've been ghosted in this humorous novel by Ireland (The Jasmine Project).Korean Kelsie Miller and Dominican and Irish Eric Mulvaney Ortiz, rivals since kindergarten, are currently in competition for valedictorian at their predominantly white upstate N.Y. prep school. Kelsie's best friend of 12 years, Brianna Hoffman, recently moved to Seattle and hasn't communicated with Kelsie since. Similarly, Eric's girlfriend, Instagram model Jessica Lovelace, has been incommunicado following his return from football camp. When Kelsie and Eric realize that Brianna and Jessica are both going to be on campus at the University of Pennsylvania, the two put aside their rivalry and travel to confront them. While on the road, the duo grow closer, sharing their past wounds and current insecurities, and bonding over the all-consuming pressure of growing up. When they arrive at their destination, they must contend with their own perceptions of themselves to fix their broken relationships, especially if they have any hope of moving forward. In this breezy road trip romp, Ireland employs quick-moving plot beats, articulate verbal sparring, a will-they-won't-they romance, and plenty of fun-in-the-sun shenanigans. Ages 12–up.
