Playing Keira

by Jennifer Castle

On Sale: 05/07/2013

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Playing Keira

by Jennifer Castle

On Sale: 05/07/2013

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From a breakthrough voice in YA fiction comes a captivating digital-original 50-page short story starring a supporting character from the novel You Look Different in Real Life.

The premise was simple: Five kids living their real lives, with a new movie about them every five years. But that was before Keira's mother walked out and the cameras captured every heartbreaking detail for the world to see. Now Keira doesn't even know what "real life" means—she only knows how to pretend to be herself.

Then she meets Garrett on a bus to New York City. At first, Keira creates a fictional identity and enjoys the freedom of being someone totally different. But as their brief connection turns into something more, Keira starts to see what life could be like if she just stopped pretending and accepted the person she really is.

Jennifer Castle's pitch-perfect teen voices and sharp insights—together with a teaser to You Look Different in Real Life—make this story a must-read, especially for fans of Sarah Dessen.

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Critical Praise

Praise for The Beginning of After: — :

“The detailed writing and smart, realistically cool characters will be appealing to many girls.... Offer this to teens who are waiting for the next Sarah Dessen book.” — School Library Journal

“Achingly real and powerfully hopeful.” — Kirkus Reviews

“This first novel takes some of its emotional cues from Gayle Forman’s breakout novel If I Stay and will be well received by Sarah Dessen fans.” — Booklist