The Great American Whatever - Softcover

"A raw nerve of a book--so perfectly tender and funny and true. My heart now belongs to "The Great American Whatever." Officially. Completely."--Becky Albertalli, author of Simon Vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda "Smart, funny, sexy and deeply affecting. I'll read anything Tim Federle writes."--Meg Rosoff, author of How I Live Now ""The Great American Whatever" knocked me out. Tim Federle writes with a rare voice original, authentic, engaging."--Rob Thomas, author of Rats Saw God and creator of Veronica Mars" "A raw nerve of a book so perfectly tender and funny and true. My heart now belongs to "The Great American Whatever." Officially. Completely."--Becky Albertalli, author of Simon Vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda" "Smart, funny, sexy and deeply affecting. I ll read anything Tim Federle writes. --Meg Rosoff, author of How I Live Now"

From the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of Five, Six, Seven, Nate! and Better Nate Than Ever comes a laugh-out-loud sad YA debut that's a wry and winning testament to the power of old movies and new memories-one unscripted moment at a time. Quinn Roberts is a sixteen-year-old smart aleck and Hollywood hopeful whose only worry used to be writing convincing dialogue for the movies he made with his sister Annabeth. Of course, that was all before-before Quinn stopped going to school, before his mom started sleeping on the sofa...and before Annabeth was killed in a car accident. Enter Geoff, Quinn's best friend who insists it's time that Quinn came out-at least from hibernation. One haircut later, Geoff drags Quinn to his first college party, where instead of nursing his pain, he meets a guy-a hot one-and falls hard. What follows is an upside-down week in which Quinn begins imagining his future as a screenplay that might actually have a happily-ever-after ending-if, that is, he can finally step back into the starring role of his own life story.