{"product_id":"9781250142108","title":"Not Now, Not Ever: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN INDIE NEXT PICK!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJennifer E. Smith meets \u003ci\u003eThe Fangirl's Guide to the Galaxy\u003c\/i\u003e in Lily Anderson's \u003ci\u003eNot Now, Not Ever\u003c\/i\u003e, a deliciously nerdy companion to \u003ci\u003eThe Only Thing Worse than Me Is You\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF \u003ci\u003ePaste\u003c\/i\u003e's BEST YOUNG ADULT BOOKS IN NOVEMEBER 2017\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A wonderful book.\" —\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElliot Gabaroche is very clear on what she isn't going to do this summer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. She isn't going to stay home in Sacramento, where she'd have to sit through her stepmother's sixth community theater production of \u003ci\u003eThe Importance of Being Earnest\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. She isn't going to mock trial camp at UCLA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. And she certainly isn't going to the Air Force summer program on her mom's base in Colorado Springs. As cool as it would be to live-action-role-play \u003ci\u003eEnder's Game\u003c\/i\u003e, Ellie's seen three generations of her family go through USAF boot camp up close, and she knows that it's much less Luke\/Yoda\/\"feel the force,\" and much more one hundred push-ups on three days of no sleep. And that just isn't appealing, no matter how many Xenomorphs from \u003ci\u003eAlien \u003c\/i\u003eshe'd be able to defeat afterwards.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat she \u003ci\u003eis \u003c\/i\u003egoing to do is pack up her determination, her favorite Octavia Butler novels, and her Jordans, and run away to summer camp. Specifically, a cutthroat academic-decathlon-like competition for a full scholarship to Rayevich College—the only college with a Science Fiction Literature program, and her dream school. She’s also going to start over as Ever Lawrence: a new name for her new beginning. She’s even excited spend her summer with the other nerds and weirdos in the completion, like her socially-awkward roommate with neon-yellow hair, and a boy who seriously writes on a typewriter and is way cuter than is comfortable or acceptable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe only problem with her excellent plan to secretly win the scholarship and a ticket to her future: her golden-child, super-genius cousin Isaiah has had the same idea, and has shown up at Rayevich smugly ready to steal her dreams and expose her fraud in the process.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis summer’s going to be great.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47029506310384,"sku":"9781250142108","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781250142108_p0.jpg?v=1763703004","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781250142108","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}