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by Kendall Schafer (Author)
Join Gwen Pendergrass on an unpredictable and surprisingly funny journey that is "as amusing as it is engaging" (Booklife Prize). Whether you're currently a teen, or can barely remember being one, this is a coming-of-age story that will make you laugh, make you care, and take you on a ride you won't soon forget.
WINNER: BEST YA NOVEL IN THE 2024 KINDLE BOOK AWARDS
At sixteen, all Gwen knows about her dad stems from the fact that she was born, so she figures she must have had one. While her mom does confirm this (rather obvious) conclusion-and even shows Gwen a strip of photobooth pictures of the two of them from "the weekend Gwen was made" (ew...!)-she flatly refuses to elaborate further.
Still, Gwen is mostly okay with that. it's not like anyone had asked for her buy-in on the whole birth deal anyway, so she's just as happy to let it go and move on with life. That is, until Gwen kind of, accidentally, gets her mom an all-expenses paid scholarship to Yale.
There's only one tiny, little hitch. Her mom plans to turn it down because of what she calls "Parental Responsibilities." Or, in other words, because of Gwen.
Though her mom insists this isn't Gwen's problem to solve, Gwen knows that her birth had already derailed her mom's college dreams once, and she cannot, WILL NOT, let her own existence be the reason her mom gives them up again. But try as she might, the only solution she can come up with is to finally find her dad.
Undeterred by knowing literally nothing about the man, Gwen manages to rope her best friend Peter into this otherwise perfect plan. And while they do receive unexpected help from surprising allies, before she knows it, her white lies, scheming, and emotional roller coaster start to make a mess of everything, and it's anyone's guess as to whether she'll find her dad before her mom catches on, her head explodes, or it all spirals completely out of control.
