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Book Cover for: Fly on the Wall: How One Girl Saw Everything, E. Lockhart

Fly on the Wall: How One Girl Saw Everything

E. Lockhart

"I think this might be the best YA novel . . . I've ever read." --John Green

From E. Lockhart, author of We Were Liars--the New York Times bestselling phenomenon--and the uproarious and heartwarming Ruby Oliver books, comes a fast-paced and hysterically funny novel that answers the question: What would it be like to be a fly on the wall in the boy's locker room?

At the Manhattan School for Art and Music, where everyone is "different" and everyone is "special," Gretchen Yee feels ordinary. She's the kind of girl who sits alone at lunch, drawing pictures of Spider-Man, so she won't have to talk to anyone; who has a crush on Titus but won't do anything about it; who has no one to hang out with when her best (and only real) friend Katya is busy.

One day, Gretchen wishes that she could be a fly on the wall in the boys' locker room-just to learn more about guys. What are they really like? What do they really talk about? Are they really cretins most of the time?

Fly on the Wall is the story of how that wish comes true.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Random House Children's Books
  • Publish Date: Nov 13rd, 2007
  • Pages: 192
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.03in - 5.30in - 0.42in - 0.32lb
  • EAN: 9780385732826
  • Categories: Magical RealismLoners & OutcastsHumorous - Dark Humor

About the Author

E. Lockhart is the author of the highly acclaimed New York Times bestseller We Were Liars and the Ruby Oliver quartet (The Boyfriend List, The Boy Book, The Treasure Map of Boys, and Real Live Boyfriends), as well as Fly on the Wall, Dramarama, and How to Be Bad (the last with Sarah Mlynowski and Lauren Myracle). Her novel The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks was a Michael L. Printz Award Honor Book, a finalist for the National Book Award, and winner of a Cybils Award for Best Young Adult Novel. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

More books by E. Lockhart

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Book Cover for: We Fell Apart: A We Were Liars Novel, E. Lockhart
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Book Cover for: How to Be Bad, Lauren Myracle
Book Cover for: Una Familia de Mentirosos / Family of Liars: The Prequel to We Were Liars, E. Lockhart
Book Cover for: The Boy Book: A Study of Habits and Behaviors, Plus Techniques for Taming Them, E. Lockhart
Book Cover for: The Treasure Map of Boys: Noel, Jackson, Finn, Hutch, Gideon--and Me, Ruby Oliver, E. Lockhart
Book Cover for: Family of Liars: Deluxe Edition, E. Lockhart
Book Cover for: Ruby Oliver 3: The Treasure Map of Boys, E. Lockhart

Praise for this book

Praise for fly on the wall

"I think this might be the best YA novel...I've ever read. It's hilarious, and it's so very smart. I mean, I'm serious...It's really amazing."--John Green, author of the New York Times bestseller The Fault in Our Stars

"A super-smart, super-sweet, and super-fantastic read."--Sarah Mlynowski, author of Don't Even Think About It

"With an appropriate nod and wink to Kafka, this unexpectedly sharp comedy charts its own metamorphosis."--The Horn Book Magazine

"Fast-paced, hysterically funny, and a pleasure to read."--Teenreads.com

"Fine fun for fans of both Kafka and Spider-Man."--Kirkus Reviews

IRA Young Adult Book Choice