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Shellharbour City Libraries Season 1 Episode 9

Join our hosts Gabi as she chats with local author, Jenna Guillame  in this special  episode of Chat YA Up! where we read young adult books and then review them for you!

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Our eighth episode is What I Like About Me  by Jenna Guillame


You know all those movies where teenagers have, like, the summer of their lives?

This summer is probably not going to be that.

Source: Everything that's happened since yesterday ...

The last thing sixteen-year-old Maisie Martin thought she'd be doing this summer is entering a beauty pageant.

Not when she's spent most of her life hiding her body from everyone.

Not when her Dad is AWOL for Christmas and her gorgeous older sister has returned to rock Maisie's shaky confidence. And her best friend starts going out with the boy she's always loved.

But Maisie's got something to prove.

As she writes down all the ways this summer is going from bad to worse in her school-assignment journal, what starts as a homework torture-device might just end up being an account of how Maisie didn't let anything, or anyone, hold her back...


SEASON 1:

  1. Throne of Glass  by Sarah J. Maas (25-11-2020)
  2. Lenny's Book of Everything  by Karen Foxlee (9-12-2020)
  3. After the Lights Go Out  by Lili Wilkinson (23-12-2020)
  4. Sabriel  by Garth Nix (6-1-2021)
  5. Small Spaces  by Sarah Epstein (20-1-2021)
  6. Aurora Rising  by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman (3-2-2021)
  7. Crown of Midnight  by Sarah J. Maas (17-2-2021)
  8. What I Like About Me  by Jenna Guillame - This episode will include an interview with the author. (3-3-2021)
  9. Gap Year in Ghost Town  by Michael Pryor (17-3-2021)
  10. Illuminae  by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman (31-3-2021)
  11. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder  by Holly Jackson (14-4-2021)
  12. Heir of Fire  by Sarah J. Maas (28-4-2021)