Girl, Crushed

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Noah Frye just had the Best Summer Ever. She had an epic time at science camp, and her new camp friend Jessa is going to Noah's school in the fall. Noah can't wait to introduce Jessa to her best friends Zoey and Luna when classes start. But when the friend group is reunited after their summer apart, something seems to have changed. Zoey and Luna have discovered boys, and now it's all they want to talk about.


Suddenly, it feels like Noah is the odd one out in their friend group, especially since Noah hasn't ever even considered boys in that way. When Noah finds herself caught in a lie about having a crush of her own, she decides she'll do anything to fit in with her friends again - even if that means using the scientific method. Noah's crush experiment is simple: find a boy, fake a crush until it turns real, and get her friends back. But that might be easier said than done ...


What ensues is a hilarious and heartwarming turn of events in this queer contemporary middle-grade story about friendship, first crushes and self-discovery.

Author Bio

Maggie Horne is a writer who grew up near Toronto, Canada. She now lives in the UK with her wife, where they keep a collection of dogs and children. She is the author of books for middle grade and young adult readers. Her first novel, Hazel Hill Is Gonna Win This One, was a 2023 LGBTQ+ Middle Grade Lambda Literary Award finalist and a Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts (NCTE) nominee.