A YA Novel based on Tina Fey’s screenplay of MEAN GIRLS is set to be released this year!
How fetch! A YA novel adapted from the original screenplay for Mean Girls by Tina Fey is being written by Micol Ostow. It’s set to be released in September from Scholastic and Entertainment Weekly has the first look. Here’s the cover:
This cover reveal also serves as the first announcement of the book and along with it, readers got an excerpt. Check it out!
My parents were acting like chickens with their heads cut off. Or hummingbirds, buzzing so fast they might explode from the effort. Which would be messy, among other things.
“This is your lunch in here, okay?” Dad was saying in his don’t-frighten-the-newborn-cubs tone. He held out a brown paper bag. “And I put a dollar in there for you to buy some milk. One of the older kids can show you where to do that.”
Mom chimed in. “Do you remember your phone number? What about your address? 1217 Dempster. I wrote it on this piece of paper for you, just in case. Put it in your pocket. I don’t want you to lose it.” She pushed a stray frizz of mom-hair out of her eyes and handed me the folded piece of paper.
“And if you get scared today,” Dad added, “just go up to your teacher and say, My name is Cady, and I’m feeling a little scared.”
“Just like we practiced!” Mom forced a wavery smile. It wasn’t very convincing. “Okay? You ready?”
She leaned in, close enough for me to smell the eco-friendly detergent she used on our clothes clinging to her shirt. Her eyes welled up. She squeezed me hard enough to crack a rib as Dad whipped out his camera.
“Okay, smile!” he commanded. “It’s Cady’s big day!”
Click.
Right on cue, Mom burst into tears.
You can read the full excerpt here!
Although a lot of us are familiar with Cady’s story, here’s a synopsis of the movie:
Cady (Lindsay Lohan) is the 16-year-old home-schooled daughter of zoologist parents (Ana Gasteyer and Neil Flynn). They have returned to the United States after residing in Africa for 12 years for their research. Cady is unprepared for her first day of public high school. With the help of Janis (Lizzy Caplan) and Damien (Daniel Franzese), Cady learns about the various cliques. She is warned to avoid the school’s most exclusive clique, the Plastics, the reigning trio of girls led by the queen bee Regina George (Rachel McAdams). The Plastics take an interest in Cady, inviting her to sit with them at lunch and go shopping with them after school. Upon realizing that Cady has been accepted into the Plastics, Janis hatches a plan to get revenge on Regina, using Cady to infiltrate the Plastics.
The book is due to be released on September 12, 2017. You can pre-order now via Amazon.
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