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And Then Things Fall Apart | October 19, 2011

by Arlaina Tibensky (Simon & Schuster, Jul. 2011)

Being a literary, teenage recluse was never so much fun. Not just fun, but downright page-turning. And Then Things Fall Apart by Arlaina Tibensky chronicles fifteen year old Keek’s summer of chicken pox, parental divorce, and friend/boyfriend angst. Chronically itchy and stuck indoors, she turns to Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar and the soothing sounds of her typewriter to get her through. All former snarky teens who ever lovingly cradled a book and whispered to it, “You’re the only one who understands me,” should read Tibensky’s debut ASAP! I personally sleep with it under my pillow.

 

 

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