New Releases by Kat Helgeson

Sind wir nicht alle Serienjunkies? Gena besucht seit kurzem das College und ihr Sozialleben findet hauptsächlich online statt, während Stephanie, genannt Finn, bereits mitten in der Jobsuche und einer Beziehungskrise steckt. Wenn sie nicht beide in Fanfiktion-Foren und Blogs zur beliebten TV-Serie UP BELOW unterwegs wären, wären die Mädchen sich nie begegnet und doch entsteht zwischen ihnen eine echte Freundschaft. Eine Freundschaft, die auf eine harte Probe gestellt wird, als Gena im wahren Leben aus der Bahn gerät ...

The hijinks of Miss Congeniality meet the high school gender politics of The List in Kat Helgeson’s “funny, smart, and exciting” (Ami Allen-Vath, author of Liars and Losers Like Us) novel about two teens who become entangled in a cut-throat prom date auction. Ava’s plan for surviving senior year at her new school is simple: fly under the radar until graduation. No boys. No attachments. No drama. But all that goes out the window when she gets drafted into the Prom Bowl—a long-standing tradition where senior girls compete in challenges and are auctioned off as prom dates to the highest bidder. Ava joins forces with star quarterback Mark Palmer to try and get herself out of the competition, but their best laid schemes lead to self-sabotage more than anything else. And to make matters worse, they both begin to realize that the Prom Bowl isn’t all fun and games. When one event spirals dangerously out of control, Ava and Mark must decide whether shutting down the Prom Bowl once and for all is worth the price of sacrificing their futures.

Gena and Finn would have never met but for their mutual love for the popular show Up Below. Regardless of their differences—Gena is a recent high school graduate whose social life largely takes place online, while Finn is in her early twenties, job hunting and contemplating marriage with her longtime boyfriend—the two girls realize that the bond between them transcends fanfiction. When disaster strikes and Gena's world turns upside down, only Finn can save her, and that, too, comes with a price. Told through emails, text messages, journal entries, and blog posts, Gena/Finn is a story of friendship and love in the digital age.