Fake

by Donna Cooner

Overview

From acclaimed author Donna Cooner comes this gripping and timely story about identity, revenge, and the lies — and truths — we tell online.

Maisie Fernandez is fed up. Fed up with the bullies who taunt her about her size and her looks. Fed up with being the butt of everyone's jokes.So, one night, Maisie goes online and creates a fake profile. "Sienna" is beautiful, skinny, and confident — and soon she's messaging the most popular kids in Maisie's school. Maisie doesn't care about being friends with them. She wants to use Sienna to take them down.But as Maisie's web of deception grows, she's in danger of being exposed. And what will happen when the actual Sienna — the girl whose photos Maisie has been using — shows up in real life?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781338239492
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	10/01/2019
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.70(d)
Lexile:	HL660L (what's this?)
Age Range:	12 - 18 Years

About the Author

Donna Cooner is the acclaimed author of Skinny, Can't Look Away, Worthy, Screenshot, and Fake. A Texas native and graduate of Texas A&M University, Donna currently lives in Fort Collins, Colorado, with her husband, a cat named Stu, and two chocolate Labradors, Roxanne and Murphy. Follow @donnacooner on Twitter or visit her online at donnacooner.com.

Editorial Reviews

Praise for Screenshot:"Told in alternating viewpoints, the novel raises numerous real issues in the lives of teenagers — popularity, dating and body image, family issues, socio-economic differences and their resulting tensions, personal aspirations, trust, and maintaining one's online reputation. A timely and relevant read." — Kirkus Reviews"The plot moves along at a compulsively readable pace. . . . the lessons about phone use, and how Internet exposure and privacy affects one's sense of self-worth, are significant and important. Of equal value are the complex relationships in Skye's life. . . . More than just a quick read, this suspenseful contemporary title will be popular with teens." — School Library JournalPraise for Worthy:"Cooner's book addresses real issues in teens' lives — Internet culture, online apps, communication, dating — in a way that is relatable. Themes of self-esteem and online bullying are woven throughout, but Linden's growth into a more confident young woman demonstrates the value of not judging yourself by other people's standards. This title will have wide appeal; it is timely and easy to read." — Voice of Youth Advocates"This novel is an enjoyable read with pertinent messages for adolescents about modern dating culture and social media." — School Library Journal"A girl struggling to find her own voice learns how to speak like herself." — Kirkus ReviewsPraise for Can't Look Away:"Sad, wise, and true... unforgettable." — Melissa de la Cruz, New York Times bestselling author of Blue Bloods and Witches of East End"From start to finish, I couldn't look away from Donna Cooner's honest, at times heartbreaking, yet hopeful story about the bonds of sisterhood and the challenges of starting over." — Elizabeth Eulberg, author of The Lonely Hearts Club and Better Off Friends"Cooner explores the dark side of popularity... insightful and absorbing." — Kirkus Reviews"Poignant [and] authentic." — School Library JournalPraise for Skinny:"Resounding... with wit, compassion, and courage, Skinny will speak to everyone who has ever felt invisible or unlovable." — Kathi Appelt, New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Newbery Honor"The best — and truest — depiction of the joys and pangs of transformation I've ever read. Deeply moving, totally addictive, utterly fabulous." — New York Times bestselling author Lauren Myracle"Compelling." — Kirkus Reviews"At a time when many teens are struggling with personal obesity, overweight, and the definition of beauty, public and school libraries should not hesitate to include this... in their collection." — Voice of Youth Advocates

From the Publisher

2019-07-13
Online you can be anyone.

For Maisie Fernandez, a chance to be someone else quickly gets out of hand. Maisie is an artistic sophomore in Fort Collins, Colorado. At school she feels invisible, trying to blend in and avoid taking up space because of her weight. When she is assigned to be lab partners with her former bully, she snaps and takes revenge by catfishing her nemesis. Two major problems immediately present themselves. To create her alter ego, Sienna, Maisie uses images of a girl she discovers through the social media profile of a family friend, a girl whose family is considering relocating to Fort Collins. The resulting close scrapes between the real and online worlds drive the tension. Through her deceptive online conversations with her popular classmates, Maisie also discovers depths she had not imagined them capable of in her previous two-dimensional conceptions of them. At its core, the book grapples effectively with what it means to be real and how online interactions can both illuminate and obfuscate the humanity in others. Maisie learns a hard lesson about authenticity and objectification but emerges to find compassion from unexpected friends, vowing to pass it on to others and herself. Maisie is half Filipina and half white, and her classmates appear to be a fairly diverse lot.

An intriguing modern morality tale with allusions to Pinocchio and The Velveteen Rabbit in what it means to be real. (Fiction. 12-18)

Kirkus Reviews