The Exact Opposite of Okay“Laura Steven simultaneously destroyed the patriarchy and made me laugh so hard I choked. I will protect Izzy O'Neill with my life.” —Becky Albertalli, author of SIMON VS. THE HOMO SAPIENS AGENDA Bitingly funny and shockingly relevant, The Exact Opposite of Okay is a bold, brave, and necessary read for fans of Louise O’Neill and Jennifer Mathieu. Eighteen-year-old Izzy O’Neill knows exactly who she is—a loyal friend, an aspiring comedian, and a person who believes that milk shakes and Reese’s peanut butter cups are major food groups. But after she’s caught in a compromising position with the son of a politician, it seems like everyone around her is eager to give her a new label: slut. Izzy is certain that the whole thing will blow over and she can get back to worrying about how she doesn’t reciprocate her best friend Danny’s feelings for her and wondering how she is ever going to find a way out of their small town. Only it doesn’t. And while she’s used to laughing her way out of any situation, as she finds herself first the center of high school gossip and then in the middle of a national scandal, it’s hard even for her to find humor in the situation. Izzy may be determined not to let anyone else define who she is, but that proves easier said than done when it seems like everyone has something to say about her. |
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... Danny, and Betty.” “Valid point,” I concede. Smelling burned pancake batter, I peer past the server station into the massive chrome kitchen, trying to see if Betty's knocking around. There's no sign of her. She's probably swigging from ...
... Danny mumbles, blushing furiously before disappearing under his unruly platform of matted hair. Confused, Ajita and I exchange looks. Danny has literally never complimented me at any point in his life. Even when I was five years old and ...
... smile I've never seen before. Smiles. Danny. I mean, really. I'm so stunned that all I can do is whisper unconvincing medieval lingo to Ajita. “What, pray tell, the fuck?” Wednesday, September 14 7:01 a.m. Honestly, I swear I'm the.
... Danny meets me at my house so we can walk to school together, as we've done every weekday for a decade. I decide to forget all about the weirdness of last night in the diner and write it off as a strange anomaly that will most likely ...
... Danny being weird, it's me. And he's definitely being weird. Regardless, the rest of the walk is fairly uneventful ... Danny's turn for a careers session with Rosenqvist this lunchtime, so while he's off justifying his plan to become a ...
Contents
Thursday September 15 | |
Saturday September 17 | |
Monday September 19 | |
Tuesday September 20 | |
Friday September 23 | |
Tuesday September 27 | |
Thursday September 29 | |
Friday September 30 | |
Monday October 3 | |
Wednesday October 5 | |
Friday October 7 | |
Tuesday October 11 | |
Wednesday October 12 | |
Friday October 14 | |
Wednesday September 28 | |
Acknowledgments | |