#tbt: Audrey, Wait by Robin Benway

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Audrey, Wait by Robin Benway. 320 p. Penguin Young Readers/ Penguin Random House, April, 2009. (Own)

Happy Thursday! #tbt features Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway. When sixteen-year-old Audrey Cuttler dumps her garage band boyfriend Evan, well in his garage and turns to leave, he shouts, "Audrey, Wait!" She doesn't and he writes a song about the break-up, which soars to the top of the charts and Evan and his band to fame and stardom. Suddenly, everyone wants to know who Audrey is and the paparazzi descend. Audrey becomes famous by association. It's a fame she does not want and definitely gets in the way everything - from hanging out at a concert with friends to pursuing her new crush, a co-worker at her job at Scooper Dooper. What will it take to get her life back? Read this quick-paced, fluffly, humorous book to find out.

Audrey, Wait! published in 2009 and was Ms. Benway's debut novel. It was named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Her sixth novel, Far From the Tree won the National Book Award for Literature for Young People in 2017.

Many thanks to my librarian friend, Keri, who posted a book talk she gave to her teens at her public library that included this fun book and reminded me how much I loved it.