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Imogen, Obviously

by Becky Albertalli

Friendship, identity, and an unexpected question

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AlbakiReads Editorial

Friendship, identity, and an unexpected question

Imogen arrives on Lili’s college campus committed to being a supportive friend, but a small lie about their past complicates that role. The visit brings her into closer contact with Lili’s queer friends, especially Tessa, and unsettles Imogen’s assumptions about her own sexuality. Becky Albertalli’s young adult novel connects questions of identity with the everyday pressures of friendship: what it means to show up for someone, and how self-understanding can shift when relationships change. Its college visit setting places Imogen between her high-school friendships and Lili’s newer social circle.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in stories about sexuality and self-discovery
  • Readers who enjoy young adult fiction centered on friendship and queer community

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Sexuality and identityFriendship and allyshipSelf-discoveryQueer community

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Book overview

A Stonewall Honor Book - A New York Times and Indie bestseller!

"A bighearted, deeply vulnerable, love-bubbly tumble through self-discovery." --Casey McQuiston, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling I Kissed Shara Wheeler

With humor and insight, #1 New York Times bestseller Becky Albertalli explores the nuances of sexuality, identity, and friendship in this timely new novel.

Imogen Scott may be hopelessly heterosexual, but she's got the World's Greatest Ally title locked down.

She's never missed a Pride Alliance meeting. She knows more about queer media discourse than her very queer little sister. She even has two queer best friends. There's Gretchen, a fellow high school senior, who helps keep Imogen's biases in check. And then there's Lili--newly out and newly thriving with a cool new squad of queer college friends.

Imogen's thrilled for Lili. Any ally would be. And now that she's finally visiting Lili on campus, she's bringing her ally A game. Any support Lili needs, Imogen's all in.

Even if that means bending the truth, just a little.

Like when Lili drops a tiny queer bombshell: She's told all her college friends that Imogen and Lili used to date. And none of them know that Imogen is a raging hetero--not even Lili's best friend, Tessa.

Of course, the more time Imogen spends with chaotic, freckle-faced Tessa, the more she starts to wonder if her truth was ever all that straight to begin with. . . .

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