Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry
Author: Joya Goffney Category: Coming-of-Age, Computers and Digital Media, Emotions and Feelings, High School and (Young) Adult, Middle School, Overcoming Fears, Romance, School Life and Education, Science Fiction, Teasing and Bullying Publisher: HarperCollins Language: English Reading Age: High School and (Young) Adult, Middle School Share: More DetailsExcuse Me While I Ugly Cry by debut author Joya Goffney is a story of an overly enthusiastic list maker who is blackmailed into completing a to-do list of all her worst fears. It’s a heartfelt, tortured, contemporary YA high school romance. Fans of Jenny Han’s To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before and Kristina Forest’s I Wanna Be Where You Are will love the juicy secrets and leap-off-the-page sexual tension.
“A hilarious and swoonworthy story.” —Kristina Forest, author of Now That I’ve Found You
“A fun, emotionally rich romance with a sweet, imperfect character who will win your heart.” —Liara Tamani, author of All the Things We Never Knew
Quinn keeps lists of everything—from the days she’s ugly cried, to “Things That I Would Never Admit Out Loud” and all the boys she’d like to kiss. Her lists keep her sane. By writing her fears on paper, she never has to face them in real life. That is, until her journal goes missing . . .
Then an anonymous account posts one of her lists on Instagram for the whole school to see and blackmails her into facing seven of her greatest fears, or else her entire journal will go public. Quinn doesn’t know who to trust. Desperate, she teams up with Carter Bennett—the last known person to have her journal—in a race against time to track down the blackmailer.
Together, they journey through everything Quinn’s been too afraid to face, and along the way, Quinn finds the courage to be honest, to live in the moment, and to fall in love.
A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
Epic Reads Recommended Pick at Target
A Kirkus Children’s Best Book of 2021
Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry
Written by Joya Goffney
Source: Publisher (HarperCollins)
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