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Super Fake Love Song

Audiobook
1 of 1 copy available
1 of 1 copy available
An NPR Book Concierge Pick of the Year
“The fun of this engrossing read is that underneath the slapstick lies a finely nuanced meditation on how we perform as ourselves.” —New York Times Book Review
 
From the New York Times bestselling author of Frankly in Love comes a moving young adult novel about friendship, identity, and acceptance. Perfect for fans of John Green and To All the Boys I've Love Before.

When Sunny meets Cirrus, he can't believe how cool and confident she is. So when Cirrus mistakenly thinks Sunny plays guitar, he accidentally winds up telling her he's the front man of a rock band.
Before he knows it, Sunny is knee-deep in the lie: He gets his best friends to form a fake band with him and starts dressing like a rock star. But no way can he trick this amazing girl into thinking he's cool, right?
Just when Sunny is about to come clean, Cirrus asks to see them play sometime. Gulp.
Now there's only one thing to do: Fake it till you make it.
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    • Publisher's Weekly

      Starred review from October 19, 2020
      Yoon’s (Frankly in Love) endearingly winning coming-of-age novel begins when 17-year-old self-described nerd Sunny Dae, who is Korean American, meets the girl of his dreams: Korean American Cirrus Soh, the well-traveled daughter of commercial real estate developers. After her family moves to Rancho Ruby, a “99.6 percent” white community in Southern California, tongue-tied Sunny doesn’t correct Cirrus when she mistakes his older brother Gray’s room for his, leading Cirrus to believe that Sunny is a budding rock star. Desperate to impress and avoid being caught in the lie, Sunny recruits his best friends to join his fake band, the Immortals. Together, they learn to play instruments and work on perfecting one of Gray’s unperformed songs. But when Gray moves back home, and the bully who has tormented Sunny for years figures out the scheme, Sunny’s plans may all come tumbling down. Through Sunny, who feels conflicted about his parents’ obsession with money and his older brother’s choices to abandon music for a more stable career, Yoon challenges stereotypes and tackles the age-old theme of being true to oneself, whether that self is a rock star or a nerd. Ages 14–up. Agents: Sara Shandler, Joelle Hobeika, and Josh Bank, Alloy Entertainment.

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Narrator Michael Bow expresses the cynical wit of Korean-American Sunny Dae. A self-proclaimed nerd since middle school, Sunny finds friendship and a bit of fame in the Dungeons & Dragons world--but things change when he meets supercool Cirrus Soh. Bow embodies Cirrus with sarcasm, adding a soft accent that differentiates the two characters and highlights the magnetism of their personalities. Sunny has always hated the pretenses of his community and parents, and he adopts the guise of Gray, his rock-star brother, to impress Cirrus. Soon he has convinced his two best friends, also well portrayed by Bow, to form a band with him. Though addicted to popularity and his new role, Bow reveals Sunny's true self as he ultimately questions his relationships with Cirrus, Gray, and his parents and finds his own identify. S.W. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2020, Portland, Maine

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  • Lexile® Measure:700
  • Text Difficulty:3

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