Landry Albright returns in Krysten Lindsay Hager's new Young Adult book,
Best Friends Forever? (Landry's True Colors Series).
Good friends have your back, but some go behind it.
Blurb: Landry Albright hopes the new year will start
off in an amazing way—instead she has to deal with more frenemy issues, boy
drama, and having most of her best friends make the cheerleading squad without
her. Suddenly, it seems like all anyone can talk about is starting high school
next year—something she finds terrifying.
Landry
gets her first boyfriend, but then gets dumped just as things come to a head
with her friends. She feels lost and left out, but finds good advice about
dealing with frenemies from what she considers an unlikely source. Landry faces
having to speak up for what’s right, tell the truth (even when it hurts), and
how to get past the fear of failure as she gets another shot at competing in
the American Ingénue modeling
competition.
EXCERPT 1:
I got ready for
bed and then stopped to check my social media page one more time and that's
when I saw it — another picture of Peyton, India, and Devon hanging out. They
were sitting on the couch with their heads scrunched close together and
laughing. It was a cute picture, but then I saw the caption: So glad we could
all be together for the holidays. Love these guys soooo much! Best friends
forever. #Alltogether #Threemusketeers #BestFriendsForever #ThreeBestFriends
#ThreesCompany.
My heart sank.
It was India’s caption and anyone who read it would think what a close‑knit
group of friends and not realize anyone was missing from that photo. Sure, I
was in another state, so naturally I couldn’t be there for it, but the way
India wrote that made me feel so left out. I mean, what did she mean by the
"ʺThree’s Company"ʺ hashtag? And sometimes people tagged friends who
weren’t there in pictures and added, "ʺWish you were here,"ʺ but
there was no mention of a fourth member of the group.
“Ready for bed,
hon?” Mom asked coming into my room.
“Yeah, just
signing off.”
“Okay, sleep
well.”
I got into bed
and hoped I was reading into things, but the knot in my stomach wouldn’t go
away.
Excerpt 2:
“Landry, it’s
gotta be so awkward for you to be going to Vladi’s school next year,” Tori
said. “I mean, what if you run into him during the tour?"
"It’s a
huge place,ʺ Ashanti said. “People break up all the time. It’s not a big deal.ʺ
Tori raised her
eyebrows as if to say, “Yeah, right,” and went back to her sandwich. Meanwhile
my delicious homemade soup was no longer sitting well. It never occurred to me
Vladi might be around during the first pre‑freshman tour. I would be mortified
if I ran into him and he was with a girl. Or worse yet, running into him, and
he was with Yasmin. Plus, I hadn’t told my mom about the breakup, so if she saw
him, she’d probably go over to talk to him. I could already imagine it: “Landry,
Vladi’s here! Hon? Why are you hiding behind the garbage can? Your boyfriend,
Vladi, is here. Come say, ‘hello.’ Stop trying to run away. Why is everyone
laughing and pointing at you and calling you a ‘loser dumpee?’ What does that
mean?”
Well, maybe the
world would end and I wouldn’t have to deal with high school or Vladi and my
mother running into each other.
****
Sadly, the world
did not end, and on Thursday, we all had to go to the high school for a freshman
information night from 6 to 9 p.m.
Author bio: Krysten Lindsay Hager is the author of the Landry’s True
Colors Series, a clean reads young adult series. Krysten writes about friendship, self-esteem, fitting in, middle
school and high school, frenemies, modeling, crushes, values, and self-image in
both True Colors and Best Friends…Forever?
Krysten is an Amazon
international bestselling author and book addict who has never met a bookstore
she didn’t like. She’s worked as a journalist and writes middle grade, YA,
humor essays, and adult fiction. She is originally from Michigan and has lived
in Portugal, South Dakota, and currently resides in Southern Ohio where you can
find her reading and writing when she’s not catching up on her favorite shows.
She received her master’s degree from the University of Michigan-Flint.
What people are saying about True Colors (Landry’s True Colors Series
Book One):
From Teenage Book Recommendations in the UK: "This is a
fantastically relatable and real book which I feel captures all of the
insecurities and troubles which haunt the modern teenage girl. It is about a
young model who has to go through tough times when she is torn between a life
as a model and managing her friendships. You learn which friends she can most
trust and which will create the drama typical of teenage life. Follow the life
of Landry and try to see if you can find out which are her true friends before
their true colours are revealed. This book is all about relationships, hopes
and truth. I loved this book!"
From Books & Authors Spot: “This book is such an inspiration
for those who just care about their looks and are tensed about them. This thing
is looks aren't everything. This book is related to every teen's problem. Hager
has written a very inspiring novel.”
Buy Links:
Amazon international: http://authl.it/B00UIP1N5S
Barnesandnoble.com: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/c/krysten-lindsay-hager
Connect with Krysten:
Instagram: http://instagram.com/krystenlindsay
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KrystenLindsay
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