Product Key Features
Book TitleFresh : a Novel
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicSchool & Education / College & University, Social Themes / Dating & Sex, General, Coming of Age
Publication Year2021
GenreJuvenile Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
AuthorMargot Wood
FormatHardcover
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceYoung Adult Audience
LCCN2021-019234
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsThis delightfully modern take on a classic story is both fun and funny, sexy and sex positive , and if all that's not enough, I have two more words for you: Jane Austen., Margot Wood's Fresh bubbles over with irreverence, humor, and heart , capturing teen spirit in all its incarnations and creating a new classic for a new generation. , Eliot McHugh is the bold, funny, and sex-positive friend you wish you had with you to help navigate freshman year of college., Strong secondary characters, including Elliot's precocious younger sister and her matter-of-fact RA, reveal Elliot's strengths and flaws, and character discussions around consent and sexual discovery ring true., Fresh is a book I wish had existed when I was a teenager : frank, laugh-out-loud funny, and a refreshing (pun intentional) peek behind the intimidating curtain that separates high school and college. The best part? Our intrepid narrator, Elliot McHugh: messy, imperfect, sincere, hilarious, and warm--a character you will miss long after the book is over.
Grade FromNinth Grade
Grade ToCollege Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal813.6
SynopsisSome students enter their freshman year of college knowing exactly what they want to do with their lives. Elliot McHugh is not one of those people. But picking a major is the last thing on Elliot's mind when she's too busy experiencing all that college has to offer--from dancing all night at off-campus parties, to testing her RA Rose's patience, to making new friends, to having the best sex one can have on a twin-sized dorm room bed. But she may not be ready for the fallout when reality hits. When the sex she's having isn't that great. When finals creep up and smack her right in the face. Or when her roommate's boyfriend turns out to be the biggest a-hole. Elliot may make epic mistakes, but if she's honest with herself (and with you, dear reader), she may just find the person she wants to be. And maybe even fall in love in the process . . . Well, maybe ., Margot Wood's novel Fresh is a "delightfully modern take on a classic story is both fun and funny, sexy and sex positive, and if all that's not enough, I have two more words for you: Jane Austen" --(Gayle Forman, author of If I Stay ). "A hilarious, heartfelt, and realistic coming-of-age story." --Buzzfeed [Movie trailer narrator voice]: In a world, where humanity has crumbled--wait, no, wrong story. Sorry! Let's try that again. [YA movie trailer narrator voice: ] Some students enter their freshman year of college knowing exactly what they want to do with their lives. Elliot McHugh isn't one of those people. But picking a major is the last thing on Elliot's mind when she's too busy experiencing all that college has to offer--from dancing all night at off-campus parties to testing her RA Rose's patience to making new friends to having the best sex one can have on a twin-size dorm room bed. But she may not be ready for the fallout when reality hits. When the sex she's having isn't that great. When finals creep up and smack her right in the face. Or when her roommate's boyfriend turns out to be the biggest a-hole. Elliot may make epic mistakes, but if she's honest with herself (and with you, dear reader), she may just find the person she wants to be. And maybe even fall in love in the process . . . Well, maybe. We're not promising anything. We can't give everything away ahead of time.
LC Classification NumberPZ7.1.W653Fr 2021