{"product_id":"senior-year-is-a-scam-a-high-school-comedy-about-smiling-through-chaos-and-other-senior-traditions-9798246180563","title":"Senior Year Is a Scam: A High School Comedy About Smiling Through Chaos and Other Senior Traditions","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Rebecca Gale\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Social Topics - Adolescence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSenior year is supposed to be magical.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstead, Lydia Taylor's parents get divorced, her boyfriend situation implodes, her best friend group enters a constant state of chaos, her sister becomes emotionally intense about tennis, and every adult she meets keeps asking what she's \"doing with her life\" like it's a pop quiz she forgot to study for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOh-and she's a cheerleader in Palos Verdes, which means everyone is watching.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSenior Year Is a Scam is a laugh-out-loud, fast-paced high school comedy about everything going wrong at exactly the time it's supposed to go right. Lydia starts the year trying to do what she's supposed to do: date the football player, apply to colleges, smile through pep rallies, and pretend she has a plan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen she absolutely does not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoyfriends rotate (football player, soccer guy, surfer who somehow stays calm no matter what), friendships crack, cheer practice turns into emotional group therapy, and Lydia accidentally becomes known for public embarrassment-starting with a talent show incident she would very much like to forget.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeanwhile, her younger sister Emma is on the tennis team and taking senior year pressure personally. Family dinners become awkward. Guidance counselor meetings feel like interrogations. College essays feel fake. Everyone else seems to know exactly where they're going, which feels suspicious.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThings escalate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere's a dunk tank.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLydia gets dunked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt helps more than therapy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomewhere between pep rally lies, senior superlatives, beach talks with Luke, and realizing she does not, in fact, want to panic her way into the future, Lydia starts to figure out something shocking: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaybe senior year doesn't get to decide who she is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInstead of rushing into college just because everyone says she should, Lydia considers doing something unexpected-like teaching English abroad in Japan. Adults blink. Rumors spread. Lydia stops explaining herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd somehow, without fixing everything, she feels lighter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSenior Year Is a Scam is a hilarious coming-of-age story about friendship drama, sister chaos, bad decisions, public humiliation, and choosing yourself even when you don't have a perfect plan. It's for anyone who survived high school, anyone currently surviving it, and anyone who just wants to laugh at how ridiculous senior year really is.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo lessons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo speeches.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust chaos, honesty, and a girl who finally stops pretending she has it all figured out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause senior year might be a scam-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-but at least it's funny.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47570834686103,"sku":"9798246180563","price":764.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798246180563.webp?v=1774884573","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/senior-year-is-a-scam-a-high-school-comedy-about-smiling-through-chaos-and-other-senior-traditions-9798246180563","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}