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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

by Jesse Andrews

Friendship, filmmaking, and the limits of staying invisible

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AlbakiReads Editorial

Friendship, filmmaking, and the limits of staying invisible

Greg Gaines has built his high-school life around avoiding notice, but his mother’s insistence that he befriend Rachel, a classmate diagnosed with leukemia, disrupts that arrangement. When Greg and Earl decide to make a film for her, the story connects an awkward friendship with the frustrations of creative work and the realities of serious illness. Greg’s account uses a mix of conventional narrative, screenplay excerpts, and self-deprecating lists, giving the book several ways to frame his perspective. Its subjects include social belonging, friendship, creative failure, and how illness changes the terms of ordinary teenage life.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teen and young-adult readers interested in high-school friendships and social belonging
  • Readers drawn to coming-of-age stories involving serious illness
  • Readers interested in fiction that incorporates screenplay excerpts and lists

Themes

FriendshipSocial belongingCreative failureComing of ageIllness

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Book overview

"The funniest book you'll ever read about death." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

A New York Times bestseller and the basis for a major motion picture, Jesse Andrews's hilarious, uncompromising, and heartbreaking debut is perfect for fans of The Perks of Being a Wallflower and The Fault in Our Stars.

Greg Gaines is the master of high school self-preservation. His strategy? To be so middle-of-the-road and friendly to every clique that he remains essentially invisible. He spends most of his time making mediocre, shot-for-shot parodies of classic movies with his "best friend" Earl (a term Greg uses very loosely).

Greg's carefully crafted invisibility is shattered when his mother forces him to befriend Rachel, a classmate who has just been diagnosed with leukemia.

What follows becomes increasingly complicated, as Greg and Earl decide to make a film for Rachel. It is a journey through the "moronic" world of high school, the frustrations of creative failure, and the reality of a life-changing illness--all told with Greg's biting wit and trademark honesty.

Why readers love Me and Earl and the Dying Girl:

A Truly Unique Voice: Told through a mix of traditional narrative, screenplay scripts, and Greg's self-deprecating lists.

Honest & Unsentimental: A coming-of-age story that avoids "cancer book" clich

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