Kind of a big deal
(Audio Book on PlayAway)

Title from Playaway label.

Originally published by Macmillan ℗2020

Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.

One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening.

Read by Amanda Dolan.

From bestselling author Shannon Hale comes Kind of a Big Deal: a hilarious, deliciously readable YA novel that will suck you in'literally. There's nothing worse than peaking in high school. Nobody knows that better than Josie Pie. She was kind of a big deal'she dropped out of high school to be a star! But the bigger you are, the harder you fall. And Josie fell. Hard. Ouch. Broadway dream: dead. Meanwhile, her life keeps imploding. Best friend: distant. Boyfriend: busy. Mom: not playing with a full deck' Desperate to escape, Josie gets into reading. Literally. She reads a book and suddenly she's inside it. And with each book, she's a different character: a post-apocalyptic heroine, the lead in a YA rom-com, a 17th century wench in a corset. It's alarming. But also ... kind of amazing' It's the perfect way to live out her fantasies. Book after book, Josie the failed star finds a new way to shine. But the longer she stays in a story, the harder it becomes to escape. Will Josie find a story so good that she just stays forever'

12 years and up.