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Confessions of a Hater

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What to expect

Who wants to move during high school? Certainly not Hailey Harper, whose father has a new job in Los Angeles. Leaving New York is daunting enough, but it's especially bad for Hailey, who's always felt invisible at school. She's pretty, she has friends, she likes art—but she isn't in the popular crowd.

As Hailey is packing for the move, she finds a journal belonging to her older sister, who's away at college. The journal is called "How to Be a Hater." Has Hailey found the Bible of coolness? Quite possibly. Armed with the journal and her sister's hand-me-down skinny jeans and ballet flats, Hailey takes on a whole new persona for her first week at West Hollywood High, and she is quickly noticed by Skyler and her crew, the most popular girls at school. It doesn't take long for Skyler to decide Hailey is an asset to the group, and it doesn't take Hailey long to realize this group of girls is mean, mean, mean. She quickly sheds her hater persona and makes new friends, girls who are deemed unacceptable by Skyler. Soon Hailey and her group are plotting to dethrone Skyler and give her a taste of her own medicine.

With the help of the journal and their own creativity, Hailey and her friends grow stronger. Skyler's ex even falls for Hailey. But what she doesn't bargain for is how good being a hater feels. Skyler deserves it, doesn't she?

Critics Review

u201cA poignant, hilarious, and always realistic portrait of teen angst and nhigh school bullying. In Hailey Harper, Caprice Crane has created nanother heroine worth rooting for, along with a colorful supporting castn and a few mean girls that readers will love to hate. Donu2019t miss this nfresh and funny coming-of-age story!u201d

Emily Giffin, New York Times bestselling author

u201cFrom the first page of Confessions of a Hater, you are magicallyn transported back to the halls of high school, no matter which clique nyou fell into. Popular, underdog, or other, you will have a character ton identify with. Not only is this book laugh-out-loud funny, it packs a npunch with a very important message. One of the things I love most aboutn Caprice Craneu2019s writing style is you always feel like youu2019re getting ton read a book written by one of your best friends.u201d

Ashley Fink, cast of Glee

u201cHaileyu2019s conversational, humorous narrative voice persuasively conveys the inner struggles of a girl trying to find her place in the world, while simultaneously building apprehension as her distorted reasoning and actions threaten to betray her core values and real friends. With a personable protagonist and cast of complex supporting characters, Craneu2019s enjoyable, suspenseful coming-of-age novel captures the thrills, chills, highs, and lows of high school.u201d

Publishers Weekly

u201cThe voice is both unique and authentically teenu2026Girls who love books about the social pecking order will gravitate to Haileyu2019s search for authenticity.u201d

Booklist

u201cAn entertaining, honest, and humorous expression of a deeper truth that nwe all need to be more understanding of one another. A must-read for nevery girl in high school.u201d

Missy Peregrym, cast of Rookie Blue
Author Caprice Crane
Narrator Caitlin Davies
Duration 11 hours and 18 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781483062990
Format Audiobook
Publisher Blackstone Publishing
Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Bullying, violence, abuse and peer pressure, Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Friends and friendships
Availability AU, GB, IE, US

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