02255cam a2200397 i 4500 623883110 TxAuBib 20220115120000.0 210224s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780593118283 0593118286 9780593118290 0593118294 (OCoLC)1238191825 YDX YDX eng eng rda rda YDX rda HBP rda YDX FMG JAS TxAuBib HBP FMG JAS TxAuBib rda Heaney, Katie, author. "The Year I Stopped Trying / a novel By Katie Heaney. First edition. New York, NY : Alfred A Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children's Books, 2021. 245 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Booksmart meets The Perks of Being a Wallflower in this novel of overachieving, existential crises, growing up, and coming out, from the author of Girl Crushed and Never Have I Ever. Mary is having an existential crisis. She's a good student, she never gets in trouble, and she is searching for the meaning of life. She always thought she'd find it in a perfect score on the SATs. But by junior year, Mary isn't so sure anymore. The first time, it's an accident. She forgets to do a history assignment. She even crosses "history essay" off in her pristine planner. And then: Nothing happens. She doesn't burst into flames, the world doesn't end, the teacher doesn't even pull her aside after class. So she asks herself: Why am I trying so hard? What if I stop? With her signature wit and heaps of dark humor, Katie Heaney delivers a stunning YA novel the sprints full-force into the big questions our teen years beg--and adeptly unravels their web. 820L Lexile. 20220115. Teenage girls Fiction. High school students Fiction. Academic achievement Fiction. High schools Fiction. Lesbians Fiction. Bildungsromans lcgft. ̮Young adult fiction. Fiction. TXKPL