Fangirl

Description

Twin sisters Cath and Wren arrive at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln expecting college to change their lives, but they respond to its freedoms in opposite ways. Wren embraces parties and new friends, while socially anxious Cath retreats into the Simon Snow fan fiction where she already feels accomplished and understood. A writing class challenges her to develop work beyond that borrowed world, and regular sessions with a classmate complicate her ideas about authorship and trust. Meanwhile, blunt roommate Reagan and warmhearted Levi draw her toward relationships she cannot completely control. When her bipolar father is hospitalized, academic pressure collides with family responsibility, forcing Cath to decide whether independence means withdrawing from others or learning how to remain connected.

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