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Title details for Finding Felicity by Stacey Kade - Available

Finding Felicity

A Novel

by Stacey Kade
Lauren Ezzo
Audiobook
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Caroline Sands has never been good at making friends, and her parents' divorce and the move to Arizona three years ago didn't help-being the new girl is hard enough without being socially awkward too. So out of desperation and a desire to please her worried mother, Caroline invented a whole life for herself using characters from Felicity, an old show she discovered online and fell in love with. But now that it's time for Caroline to go off to college, she wants nothing more than to leave that all behind and build something real. However, when her mother discovers the truth, she gives Caroline an ultimatum: prove that you can thrive and make friends of the nonfictional variety or live at home and go to therapy. Armed with nothing more than her resolve and a Felicity-inspired plan, Caroline accepts the challenge. But she soon realizes that the real world isn't as simple as television makes it out to be. To find where she truly belongs, she might have to abandon the script and risk being herself.

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  • Release date

    March 20, 2018

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781666591446
      • File size: 233206 KB
      • Duration: 08:05:50

  • Languages

    • English

  • Levels

    • Lexile® Measure: 690
    • Text Difficulty: 3

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      January 15, 2018
      Lonely, college-bound Caroline is obsessed with Felicity, the late ’90s television show about a girl who follows her crush to college. And because her high school social life is virtually nonexistant, she has been lying to her mother for years, pretending the show’s characters are her real-life friends. When Caroline’s mother learns the truth, she worries that her daughter isn’t ready to leave home just yet. But after agreeing to Skype sessions with a therapist, Caroline is off to Ashmore University, the school of her dreams—along with her own crush, Liam (“He’s my Ben”). Kade (For This Life Only) throws plenty of wrenches into Caroline’s plan to reinvent herself as someone less socially awkward, but she offers Caroline lifelines, too, including a second chance with Liam and a potential romance with another boy. This novel about romantic indecision and starting over at college should please adult readers who enjoyed the show in its heyday, as well as today’s teens for whom it’s a cultural artifact. Ages 14–up. Agent: Suzie Townsend, New Leaf Literary & Media.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Listeners, be prepared to have an emotional response to this audiobook. Caroline creates a coping mechanism for dealing with father issues, a new school, and loneliness to protect her mom from being saddened by her problems. But her well-intended stories shaped by the fictional characters of Caroline's favorite 1990s series, "Felicity," crumble during her high school graduation party. Lauren Ezzo's narration is thick with tears during the fight between mother and daughter. Caroline's determination to start fresh in college holds steady despite her mother's worry and Caroline's instinct to revert to old ways. The inclination to cringe with vicarious embarrassment at Caroline's foibles and to rejoice in her triumphs is a testament to Ezzo's excellent narration. A.L.C. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

subjects

Languages

  • English

Levels

  • Lexile® Measure:690
  • Text Difficulty:3

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