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Reasons to Hate Me

“Hilariously relatable . . . Unflinchingly honest, uproarious, and sometimes gut-wrenching.”

“Smart, neurodivergent, and so, so funny.”

“A masterclass in wholly authentic character development, sharp, revealing dialogue, and pitch-perfect voice-driven storytelling.”

A witty autistic theatre nerd attempts to distract slut-shaming high school bullies by publicly posing her own most ridiculous flaws on the Internet, inadvertently shining a light on how the lies other people tell about us can become lies we believe about ourselves.

The paperback cover of Reasons to Hate Me shows main character Jess, a white girl with brown hair in sweatpants and a t-shirt holding her laptop and a slurpy. Perched on the words above her, Chloe, a black girl with black hair, prepairs to drop an egg on Jess while love interest Cameron looks on holding his football.

Coming Sept 22, 2026


Reasons to Hate Me

“Hilariously relatable . . . Unflinchingly honest, uproarious, and sometimes gut-wrenching.”

“Smart, neurodivergent, and so, so funny.”

“A masterclass in wholly authentic character development, sharp, revealing dialogue, and pitch-perfect voice-driven storytelling.”

A witty autistic theatre nerd attempts to distract slut-shaming high school bullies by publicly posing her own most ridiculous flaws on the Internet, inadvertently shining a light on how the lies other people tell about us can become lies we believe about ourselves.

The cover of Hearts on the Table features a girl in masculine attire with short chestnut colored hair lounging in the top left corner, and an upside down girl with feminine attire and long blonde hair in the bottom right corner, suggestive of a playing card. This is against a blue backdrop with green leaves and pink fruit.

Forthcoming


Hearts on the Table

A queer, neurodivergent twist on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.

As World War I rages a seventeen-year-old English feminist with a penchant for thrashing men at cards finds herself stranded on an enemy-controlled island and tangled in the last mess she’d ever expect: love.

Hardcover | Candlewick Press
Sept 22, 2026 | 464 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4

Young Adult | ISBN 9781536240368

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