My Eyes Are Up Here
(Sprache: Englisch)
My Eyes Are Up Here is a razor-sharp debut about a girl struggling to rediscover her sense of self in the year after her body decided to change all the rules.
If Greer Walsh could only live inside her head, life would be easier. She d be able to...
If Greer Walsh could only live inside her head, life would be easier. She d be able to...
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My Eyes Are Up Here is a razor-sharp debut about a girl struggling to rediscover her sense of self in the year after her body decided to change all the rules.If Greer Walsh could only live inside her head, life would be easier. She d be able to focus on excelling at math or negotiating peace talks between her best friend and . . . everyone else. She wouldn t spend any time worrying about being the only Kennedy High student whose breasts are bigger than her head.
But you can t play volleyball inside your head. Or go to the pool. Or have confusingly date-like encounters with the charming new boy. You need an actual body for all of those things. And Greer is entirely uncomfortable in hers.
Hilarious and heartbreakingly honest, My Eyes Are Up Here is a story of awkwardness and ferocity, of imaginary butterflies and rock-solid friends. It s the story of a girl finding her way out of her oversized sweatshirt and back into the real world.
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PrologueMy mother believes there are two types of people: those who like to be the center of attention, and those who are too shy to want anybody to notice them. She thinks I am the second but should be the first.
What she d never understand is that some people like to be noticed for some things but not for other things. Like to be noticed for being an excellent piano player, but not for being allergic to peanuts. Or noticed for wearing new shoes, but not for speaking with an accent. Or noticed for being the only Kennedy High student to score a 5 on the AP Human Geography exam, but not for being the only Kennedy High student whose breasts are bigger than her head.
Chapter 1
Come on, Greer. Maybe you ll make a new friend.
I answer in annoyed blinks.
It s nice to help someone get settled in a new place. It s a chance to give back.
I blink at her harder, because she s pretending like I volunteered for this.
Half an hour. Forty minutes, tops.
Mom s half hours do not top out at forty minutes. Mom s half hours can last hours. Especially if she has an audience.
We re here for her work. She is a relocation advisor with Relocation Specialists, Inc. Big companies hire her to help settle new employees in the area. She leads neighborhood tours, arranges school visits, and recommends pediatricians, handymen, or Brazilian waxers.
She s very good at it. It satisfies her constant need to share her opinions and justifies the over-the-top luxury SUV she leases, with its interior of baby-seal leather.
Sometimes, like now, if she has a client with a kid my age, she ll drag me along to meet with them, like a junior re-lo advisor. I m supposed to answer their questions about being a teenager in suburban Illinois. They never have any questions.
It s always the same. It s even the same Starbucks. I sit next to Mom and try to look extra welcoming.
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The new kid stares at their phone under the table so I know that wherever they came from, they had friends cooler than me. If the client is a mom, she ll ask me the kind of questions she thinks her sulky kid would want to ask if they weren t too sulky to ask them, and once I start to reply, my mom will interrupt with what she thinks I should answer. It s completely uncomfortable for everyone, except Mom. Kathryn Walsh is never uncomfortable.
Believe it or not, there are times being a mild-mannered, high-achieving, generally agreeable teenager does not work for me, and dealing with my mother is one of them. If I fought with her more, like Maggie fights with her mom, or if I was embarrassing, like Tyler, she wouldn t make me do these things. It would be too exhausting. But Kathryn Walsh exhausts me more than I exhaust her, so here I am. She isjust so. I am just so not.
It is why I go with her to meet the uninterested progeny of people cruel enough/important enough to make their families move during high school.
It is why I help my brother, Tyler, with math homework he could find the answers to online.
It is why I faithfully attend the yearly reunion of the moms and babies from her childbirth class, hosted by this very coffee establishment every May.
This branch of Starbucks is located on the path of least resistance. I follow her inside.
The kid I m supposed to meet will be a sophomore at Kennedy, like me. That s something. All I have in common with the Natural Birth and Beginnings crowd is being dragged out of the womb by the same midwife. Jackson Oates, whoever he is, is probably going to think this is as awkward as I do, so at least we ll have that in common, too.
Mom greets Mrs. Oates with a hug and they introduce me to Jackson, who does not look like a sulky wei
Believe it or not, there are times being a mild-mannered, high-achieving, generally agreeable teenager does not work for me, and dealing with my mother is one of them. If I fought with her more, like Maggie fights with her mom, or if I was embarrassing, like Tyler, she wouldn t make me do these things. It would be too exhausting. But Kathryn Walsh exhausts me more than I exhaust her, so here I am. She isjust so. I am just so not.
It is why I go with her to meet the uninterested progeny of people cruel enough/important enough to make their families move during high school.
It is why I help my brother, Tyler, with math homework he could find the answers to online.
It is why I faithfully attend the yearly reunion of the moms and babies from her childbirth class, hosted by this very coffee establishment every May.
This branch of Starbucks is located on the path of least resistance. I follow her inside.
The kid I m supposed to meet will be a sophomore at Kennedy, like me. That s something. All I have in common with the Natural Birth and Beginnings crowd is being dragged out of the womb by the same midwife. Jackson Oates, whoever he is, is probably going to think this is as awkward as I do, so at least we ll have that in common, too.
Mom greets Mrs. Oates with a hug and they introduce me to Jackson, who does not look like a sulky wei
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Autoren-Porträt von Laura Zimmermann
Laura Zimmermann is a multiple-time champion of the Twin Cities Moth and Word Sprout story slams, and she was chosen to participate in the 2018 Listen To Your Mother storytelling show. She lives with her family in Minneapolis, MN. My Eyes Are Up Here is her first novel.
Produktdetails
- Autor: Laura Zimmermann
- Altersempfehlung: Ab 12 Jahre
- 2021, Maße: 14,1 x 20,9 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Penguin Random House
- ISBN-10: 1984815261
- ISBN-13: 9781984815262
- Erscheinungsdatum: 19.07.2021
Sprache:
Englisch
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"Charming, relatable and laugh-out-loud hilarious, My Eyes Are Up Here is a sparkling debut from my new favorite YA author, Laura Zimmermann. Her Greer Walsh is at once all of us and the most special of us. I wanted to hug her, give her a high five and sometimes throttle her, but I always, always rooted for her. Erin Hahn, author of You d Be Mine and More Than MaybeMy Eyes Are Up Here is not only a smart and honest book about body positivity. It s a funny and endearing read that will have you cheering for Greer Walsh, and celebrating the power of female friendship." Deb Caletti, National Book Award finalist and Michael L. Printz Honor medalist
"[S]mart, insightful and often very funny [...] this novel perceptively explores the emotional toll experienced by teens who are self-conscious and feeling isolated about being different and the liberation that comes with breaking free." Buffalo News
"By turns hilarious, heartbreaking and totally, completely honest, perfect for those who liked recent novels like Frankly in Love."--Culturess.com
"Zimmermann s debut may have captured my own experience in a way no one ever has before when it comes to being a girl with big boobs." Kelly Jensen for BookRiot.com
"Wise and wry... An original, feminist, and timely first choice title for all libraries." SLJ, starred review
"Zimmerman s debut has a witty, unabashedly honest voice." PW
"Zimmermann s debut is both insightful and humorous, owing to a bright and funny yet self-deprecating narrator matched with brief chapters that capture Greer s urgencies and insecurities. Girls who lament not having the perfect body will appreciate this novel, and girls who value their best friends will relate without hesitation. Rise up for girl power!" Booklist
"Many girls will resonate with this story of trying to learn to love your body and be comfortable with the skin you re in. We are both so glad that this
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book exists and it brought about a lot of important, meaningful dialogue for us both. Highly recommended." SLJ's Teen Librarian Toolbox
Winner of the Minnesota Book Award
Winner of the Minnesota Book Award
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