Kind of a Big Deal

From Shannon Hale, bestselling author of Austenland, comes Kind of a Big Deal: a story that will suck you in¿literally.

¿So many strange and wonderful things happen at every twist and turn, you''ll be happy to wander with Josie . . . Each book she descends into seems to teach her something, and even if it''s not obvious where the story is going, we''re in it for the long haul.¿ ¿NPR

There''s nothing worse than peaking in high school. Nobody knows that better than Josie Pie.

She was kind of a big deal¿she dropped out of high school to be a star! But the bigger you are, the harder you fall. And Josie fell. Hard. Ouch. Broadway dream: dead.

Meanwhile, her life keeps imploding. Best friend: distant. Boyfriend: busy. Mom: not playing with a full deck? Desperate to escape, Josie gets into reading.

Literally. She reads a book and suddenly she''s inside it. And with each book, she¿s a different character: a post-apocalyp