BROODING YA HERO by Carrie DiRisio, illustrated by Linnea Gear

BRoODING YA HERO: BECOMING A MAIN CHARACTER (ALMOST) AS AWESOME AS ME

“Readers—and authors—will swoon and raise a perfectly arched and knowing eyebrow at this clever confection, narrated by an egotistical main character, about writing the perfect main character. With a tongue-in-cheek look at YA tropes, writers are subtly encouraged to expand the genre in a way that is more clever, more subtle, and more inclusive. I would tell you more, but Broody and I are about to meet-cute in an epilogue.” —Jodi Picoult, New York Times bestselling author of Small Great Things and Between the Lines

“I smiled, I laughed, and I might have swooned! A brilliant combination of humor and clever insights. If you’re looking for entertainment or writing a young adult novel, you need to read this book.” —Stephanie Garber, New York Times bestselling author of Caraval

“Hilarious and sneakily, cheekily feminist in the best way. I'm gifting a copy to every YA reader in my life.” —Sandhya Menon, New York Times bestselling author of When Dimple Met Rishi

“Whether brooding snarkily, brooding soulfully, or brooding with a side of melodramatic backstory, Brooding YA Hero embodies everything I love—and love to hate—about the bad boys of young adult literature.” —Jessica Cluess, author of A Shadow Bright and Burning

“The sentences are quippy and quotable, and the characters are laugh-out-loud hilarious but that's all just trapping to a truly thought-provoking and challenging satire on the books we love, the books we hate and the books we love to hate.” —Laura Lee Anderson, author of Song of Summer

“Amid all of the self-referential, self-obsessed silliness, DiRisio nods toward the forward momentum of YA literature.” ―Publishers Weekly

“A clever, tongue-in-cheek novel that will appeal to teens with a disdain for the formulaic.” ―School Library Journal

“A satirical look at the world of the male hero in young-adult literature . . . critically insightful.” ―Kirkus Reviews

“If you read YA, you’ll want this book brimming with hilarious jokes that only lovers of kid-lit will appreciate.” ―Paste

“Funny, refreshing . . . Are you tired of the same old YA book filled with cliché plot lines and the same overused characters? Well, Broody calls it all out in a hilarious and endearing way.” ―Kids’ Book Buzz

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