Tash Hearts Tolstoy

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From the author of Lucky Few comes a refreshing (Booklist, starred review) teen novel about Internet fame, peer pressure, and remembering not to step on the little people on your way to the top!

After a shout-out from one of the internets superstar vloggers, Natasha Tash Zelenka suddenly finds herself and her obscure, amateur web series, Unhappy Families, thrust in the limelight: Shes gone viral.

Her show is a modern adaptation of Anna Kareninawritten by Tashs literary love Count Lev Nikolayevich Leo Tolstoy. Tash is a fan of the 40,000 new subscribers, their gushing tweets, and flashy Tumblr gifs. Not so much the pressure to deliver the best web series ever.

And when Unhappy Families is nominated for a Golden Tuba award, Tashs cyber-flirtation with a fellow award nominee suddenly has the potential to become something IRLif she can figure out how to tell said crush that shes romantic asexual.

Tash wants to enjoy her newfound fame, but will she lose her friends in her rise to the top What would Tolstoy do

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"Its beyond refreshing to see an asexual character, and the complexities of Tashs relationships with Thom, her friends, her sister, and, yes, fame make this a home run. The flip, irreverent tone, literary references, and peek into the creation of
a web series are just icing on the cake."
* Booklist, STARRED REVIEW *
"[A]spot-on narrative voice, make this a compassionate and frank look into challenges that can seem to fly at teenagers from all directions." * Publishers Weekly *

Author Bio

KathrynOrmsbeegrew up with a secret garden in her backyard and a spaceship in her basement.She is the author ofThe Water and the Wild,The Doorway and the Deep, andThe House in Poplar Woodand the YA novelsLucky Few,Tash Hearts Tolstoy,The Great Unknowable End, andThe Sullivan Sisters.Shes lived in lots of fascinating cities, from Birmingham to London to Seville, but she currently lives in Eugene, Oregon.