Nice Try, Jane Sinner

ISBN: 0358097568

Author: Oelke, Lianne

Condition: New

Jane Sinner snarked her way into my heart, and shes never leaving. Prepare to fall hard for this hilarious, heartfelt gem of a book. -Becky Albertalli, author of Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens AgendaIts Kind of a Funny Story meets Daria in the darkly hilarious tale of a teens attempt to remake her public image and restore inner peace through reality TV. The only thing seventeen-year-old Jane Sinner hates more than failure is pity. After a personal crisis and her subsequent expulsion from high school, shes going nowhere fast. Janes well-meaning parents push her to attend a high school completion program at the nearby Elbow River Community College, and she agrees, on one condition: she gets to move out.Jane tackles her housing problem by signing up for House of Orange, a student-run reality show that is basically Big Brother, but for Elbow River Students. Living away from home, the chance to win a car (used, but whatever), and a campus full of people who dont know what she did in high school . . . What more could she want? Okay, maybe a family that understands why shed rather turn to Freud than Jesus to make sense of her life, but shell settle for fifteen minutes in the proverbial spotlight.As House of Orange grows from a low-budget web series to a local TV show with fans and shoddy T-shirts, Jane finally has the chance to let her cynical, competitive nature thrive. Shell use her growing fan base, and whatever Intro to Psychology can teach her, to prove to the world-or at least viewers of substandard TV-that she has what it takes to win.