Reasons to Hate Me

Hoping to distract slut-shaming high school bullies, a witty 17-year-old autistic theatre nerd begins posting her own most ridiculous flaws on the Internet--inadvertently shining a light on how the lies other people tell about us can become lies we believe about ourselves. Told through a series of blog posts and short scripts, this cleverly staged and structured debut novel crackles with spot-on dialogue, features a range of fully developed neurodiverse characters, and sharply evokes high school in all its hilarious and agonizing complexity.