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Three starred reviews! From USA TODAY bestselling author Christen Randall comes a cozy, ""authentic, and affirming"" (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) queer romance about self-discovery, finding your person, and carving out a space for yourself in unexpected places--perfect for fans of Heartstopper, Felix Ever After, and Julie Murphy. Mal Flowers expected senior year fall to be full of cozy sweaters, good coffee, and copyediting. As the new editor-in-chief of their school's literary magazine, they just want to follow The Plan to graduate and get out of their small midwestern town--a place where, as a broke, fat, queer person with ADHD, they've never really fit in. But when budget cuts result in the lit mag's cancellation, Mal is suddenly left scrambling for something to replace it. That is, until Emerson Pike--who also has ADHD but is loud, confident, and Mal's complete opposite--suggests the staff go rogue and create a zine instead. Which would be cool, except that making and selling contraband isn't exactly what Mal envisioned listing as the extracurricular activity on their college application. A zine would be unofficial, unapproved, and definitely not in The Plan. But a zine is also a good way to spend more time with Emerson, whose playful banter and bad jokes Mal can't seem to get enough of. And maybe, with a group of new friends, the back of the charming coffee shop where Emerson works could be somewhere Mal does belong. Because breaking the rules with Emerson--and flirting with her over coffee--is fun. Maybe The Plan isn't the only way to find happiness, but can Mal let go of something they've depended on for so long?

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""Whether it's the characters, the feels, the relatability, or the prose, Christen Randall proves to be one of the best queer storytellers of our time, bar none. A must-read."" -- Jonny Garza Villa, Stonewall Book Award-winning author of Canto Contigo ""Christen Randall creates worlds I want to live in and characters I want as my best friends. According to Plan is a cozy collage of fat joy, found family, neurodivergence, queer love, and carving out your place in the world. An absolute delight."" -- Crystal Maldonado, award-winning author of Fat Chance, Charlie Vega and The Fall of Whit Rivera

Author Information

Christen Randall (they/she) is a queer, fat, neurodivergent author of queer, fat, neurodiverse books, including Junior Library Guild selection and instant USA TODAY bestseller The No-Girlfriend Rule. When they're not writing joyful stories for the next generation of geeky gay kids, you can find them making zines about neighborhood cats, nerding out doing readers' advisory as a library associate at their local library branch, or at home planning all the D&D campaigns they'll run one day, they swear. Christen lives in Covington, Kentucky. Visit them online at ByChristenRandall.com and on social media @ByCRandall.

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