An exhilarating, darkly funny debut novel about the absurd and fleeting nature of childhood fame, and the ever-evolving desire for family and forgiveness. Lucy Gardiner felt like she was put on eart...

Author Allie Tagle-Dokus teaches at Parker Charter School in Devens, the same school she attended as a student.

For two of the twelve years it took to write my novel, I didn’t write. When I returned to it, finally, in the early mornings of the pandemic, it felt like coming home. I had, after all, moved back …

A rollicking ride of a debut novel about the weird world of teenage stardom.