![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Cassie Worthy is psyched to spend the summer after graduation working at the Parkway Center Mall. Scrunchies, mixtapes and 90210 are, like, totally fresh. Agents: Sara Shandler, Alloy Heather Schroder, Compass Talent Agency. New York Times bestselling author Megan McCafferty returns to her roots with this YA coming of age story set in a New Jersey mall.The year is 1991. Though some ’90s references may be unfamiliar to today’s teens, readers will easily be able to identify with Cassie’s struggles, tribulations, and triumphs. The real find, though, is her journey of self-discovery, complete with the requisite coming-of-age tropes. A Cabbage Patch Kid–related treasure hunt for a cash stash takes Cassie on a winding path through the mall with her former best friend. Her job selling cookies at the mall isn’t as great as she’d hoped it would be, and she discovers that what she knew about life, love, and friendship aren’t even close to reality. They’re the ultimate power couple, but their plan radically shifts after Cassie’s recovery from mono and their subsequent breakup. Megan McCafferty, the bestselling author of the Jessica Darling series, is returning to her YA roots this summer with The Mall.This technicolor ode to 1991 is the story of Cassie, a teen who plans. Cassie Worthy has life after high school all planned out: at summer’s end, she’s heading from New Jersey to Manhattan to attend college near-but not with-Troy, her boyfriend of two years. ![]() With wit and more than a little hairspray, McCafferty ( True to Your Selfie) dives into the 1990s with this snappily written self-empowerment novel set beneath the fluorescent lights of a suburban New Jersey mall. ![]()
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