Social embarrassment, friendship and online-era self-consciousness drive Beth Garrod’s funny YA fiction. Super Awkward introduces Bella Fisher, whose attempts to manage crushes, school and friends repeatedly become more complicated than planned; Truly Madly Awkward and Always and Forever Awkward continue the comic coming-of-age. Sister Switch, co-written with Jess Hitchman, uses a body-swap premise between very different sisters, while other books similarly combine high-concept comedy with recognisable school and family pressures. Garrod’s prose is fast, chatty and joke-heavy rather than introspective. The most useful neighbouring categories are funny YA, school comedy, friendship fiction and light contemporary romance. Read more Less
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