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The Boy Recession

By Flynn Meaney (Electronic Book, 2012)

Previously published as The Boy Recession.

It's all about supply and demand when a high school deals with the sudden exodus of male students.

The boy recession has hit Julius P. Heil High, and the remaining boys find that their stock is on the rise: With little competition, even the most unlikely guys have a good chance at making the team and getting the girl. Guitar-strumming, class-skipping Hunter Fahrenbach never wanted to be a hot commodity, but the popular girls can't help but notice his unconventional good looks. With a little work, he might even by boyfriend material.

But for down-to-earth Kelly Robbins, the boy recession is causing all sorts of problems. She has secretly liked her good friend Hunter for a while now, but how can she stand out in a crowd of overzealous Spandexers?

As if dating wasn't hard enough without a four-to-one ratio!

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- Format: Electronic Book
- Price: $7.99 US/$7.99 CAN
- ISBN-13: 9780316202565
- On Sale Date: 08/07/2012
- Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
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Previously published as The Boy Recession.

It's all about supply and demand when a high school deals with the sudden exodus of male students.

Flynn Meaney is an alumna of the University of Notre Dame and a current poetry student in the Hunter College M.F.A. in Creative Writing program. Flynn survived a real-life boy recession at her high school in Westchester County, NY, and lives to tell the tale.

"Meaney's The Boy Recession is downright hilarious... smooth, witty, and charming. The Boy Recession is bound to please across the board."
(VOYA).
"Sassy and very funny... Rarely has recession brought such enjoyment." (PW).
"Meany's laugh-out-loud dialogue and vulnerable protagonists... assure this charming crowd-pleaser a varied audience." (Booklist).
"Breezy, fast-paced accounts incorporate humorous situations and witty comments." (SLJ).
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"Bloodthirsty sparkles with wit and charm." (Daniel Waters, author of Generation Dead).
"Bloodthirsty is witty, laugh-at-loud funny, and real.... This is an original and enjoyable first novel for older teens." (SLJ).
"A story so funny and clever I wish I had thought of it myself." (Jake Wizner, author of Spanking Shakespeare and Castration Celebration).
"Vampire chic turns vampire geek as Meaney bites the neck that feeds in this sly and funny send-up of a pop culture obsession. Bloody good." (Tonya Hurley, New York Times bestselling author of the Ghostgirl series).