Carolyn Mackler
Carolyn Mackler is the acclaimed author of the YA novels The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things (A Michael L. Printz Honor Book); The Universe Is Expanding and So Am I; Infinite in Between; and Love and Other Four-Letter Words; and the middle grade novel, Best Friend Next Door. Carolyn’s award-winning books have appeared on bestseller lists and been translated into more than twenty-five languages. Carolyn lives in New York City with her husband and two sons. The Wife App is her first adult novel.
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Infinite in Between
- By: Carolyn Mackler
- Narrator: Erin Yuen
- Length: 7 hours 41 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: September 01, 2015
- Language: English
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3.64(2823 ratings)
Zoe, Jake, Mia, Gregor, and Whitney meet at freshman orientation. At the end of that first day, they make a promise to reunite after graduation. So much can happen in those in-between years… Zoe feels she will forever live in her famous mother’s shadow. Jake struggles with the right connections in friendship and in love. Mia keeps trying on new identities, looking for one that actually fits. Gregor thought he wanted to be more than just a band geek. And Whitney seems to have it all, until it’s all falling apart around her. Echoing aspects of John Hughes’ The Breakfast Club, Carolyn Mackler skillfully brings the stories of these five disparate teens together to create a distinct and cohesive whole.
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- By: Carolyn Mackler
- Length: 6 hours 31 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: May 04, 2018
- Language: English
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3.78(25454 ratings)
Carolyn Mackler’s Printz Honor book–starring the unforgettably funny, body-conscious Virginia Shreves–returns in this 15th anniversary edition featuring text updates and never-before-seen material from the author. Fifteen-year-old Virginia feels like a plus-sized black sheep in her family, especially next to her perfect big brother Byron. Not to mention her best friend has moved, leaving Virginia to navigate an awkward relationship with a boy alone. He might like her now . . . but she has her doubts about how he’ll react if he ever looks under all her layers of clothes. In order to survive, Virginia decides to follow a “Fat Girl Code of Conduct,” which works, until the unthinkable causes her family’s facade to crumble. As her world spins out of orbit, she realizes that being true to herself might be the only way back. Told in a perfect blend of humor and heart, this acclaimed Printz Honor winner resonates as much today as it did when it first published, and now features a new author foreword, text updates, and other bonus content.
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- By: Carolyn Mackler
- Narrator: Steven Kaplan
- Length: 6 hours 58 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2011
- Language: English
It’s 1996, and less than half of all American high school students have ever used the Internet.
Emma just got her first computer and an America Online CD-ROM.
Josh is her best friend. They power up and log on–and discover themselves on Facebook, fifteen years in the future.
Everybody wonders what their Destiny will be. Josh and Emma are about to find out.
... Read moreThe Universe Is Expanding and So Am I
- By: Carolyn Mackler
- Narrator: Carolyn Mackler
- Length: 7 hours 54 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: May 29, 2018
- Language: English
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3.87(1083 ratings)
Virginia Shreves’ world implodes again in this long-awaited follow-up to Printz Honoree The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things. Sixteen-year-old Virginia Shreves’ life is finally back on course: she’s accepted who she is inside and out and is rebuilding her relationship with brother Byron, whose date-rape charge shattered everything. But just as she adjusts to her new normal, her world turns upside down again. Sparks with boyfriend Froggy fade, her best friend bombshells bad news, and then the police arrest Byron. As Virginia struggles to cope, she meets Nate, an artist with his own baggage. The pair vow not to share personal drama. But secrets have a way of coming out, and theirs could ruin everything. Just in time for The Earth, My Butt, and Other BIg Round Things’ 15th anniversary, Virginia’s hope-filled story of love, friendship, and the beauty in imperfection continues, by acclaimed author Carolyn Mackler.
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- By: Carolyn Mackler
- Narrator: Jennifer Jill Araya
- Length: 10 hours 8 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2023
- Language: English
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3.73(437 ratings)
Because every wife deserves a happy ending.
Three best friends decide they’re finally done with their ex-husbands taking their work as wives and moms for granted. They’re ready to monetize the mental load, stick it to their exes, and have a wild ride in the process.
Lauren, mother of twins, wakes up one morning to her Wife Alarm Bells sounding. She sleuths on her husband’s phone and stumbles on a dirty secret that explodes her marriage. Madeline has it all—a penthouse apartment, a perfect daughter, and no-strings-attached romps with handsome men. When she learns that she might lose her child to her ex in England, it stirs up a decades-old personal tragedy. Sophie, with too much FOMO and never enough money, obsesses over her ex-husband’s Family 2.0—all while keeping her true desires hidden, even from herself.
It starts as a joke during a tipsy night out, as Lauren, Madeline, and Sophie rail against everything wives do for free. Let’s build an app that monetizes the mental load. And maybe get revenge on our exes in the process? Soon, the Wife App is born, and before long, it’s the fastest growing start-up in New York City. But then life intervenes. Love intervenes. Ex-husbands intervene. And the consequences are bigger than anything Lauren, Madeline, or Sophie could have expected. Carolyn Mackler marks her debut into adult fiction with a hilarious rollercoaster ride of revenge and redemption that is at once a send-up of modern marriage and a celebration of female friendship and love in all forms.
Vegan Virgin Valentine
- By: Carolyn Mackler
- Narrator: Carolyn Mackler
- Length: 5 hours 47 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: March 11, 2008
- Language: English
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3.62(4766 ratings)
Author Carolyn Mackler has won such awards as the Michael L. Printz Honor Book award and the ALA Best Book for Young Adults award for her highly acclaimed novel The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things. Virgin Vegan Valentine was a Teen People “Don’t Miss This” pick. In this story, Mara Valentine is in the home stretch-in just a few more months she will be off to college. But there is a slight wrinkle in her well laid plans. Her niece Vivienne (called V), who is only one year younger than Mara, is coming to live with her. V is very different from Mara, and they fight a lot. Is it possible that Mara and V will ever be able to find common ground?
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