The Totally True Story of Gracie Byrne

"A warmhearted story that will resonate with anyone who has ever dreamed of reinventing themselves." -- It's 1987, and sixteen-year-old Gracie Byrne wishes her life were totally different. Shy and awkward, she has trouble fitting in at her new school, she's still reeling from her parents' divorce, and her grandmother Katherine's Alzheimer's is getting worse. So when Gracie finds a blank journal in Katherine's vanity drawer, she begins writing stories about herself--a more popular version of herself, that is. But then the hot guy in her art class describes a dream he had about her--the

About the author

Shannon Takaoka is the author of the young adult novel Everything I Thought I Knew, which was a 2021 Kansas National Education Association Reading Circle Recommended Title and a 2022 TAYSHAS Reading List Selection. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family, where she also works as a business writer and editor.

Product details

• Authors: Shannon Takaoka
• Publisher: Candlewick Press
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 14
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2025
• EAN: 9781536241938
• ISBN: 978-1-5362-4193-8
• No. of pages: 384
• Dimensions: 141 mm x 210 mm x 25 mm
• Subject: Children's and young people's books