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    Pieces of a Girl

    Author Stephanie Kuehnert
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    Penguin Young Readers | Dutton Books for Young Readers
    On sale Mar 26, 2024 | 320 Pages | 9780698408098
    Grade 9 & Up
    Reading Level: Lexile 930L
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    “Harrowing but ultimately triumphant.”—Booklist, starred review

    “Strong, captivating voice. . . . a memoir with sharp teeth and a soft underbelly, the product mirroring the author’s catharsis in creating art.”—Publishers Weekly

    “A raw, deep dive into one young woman’s struggle for wholeness.”—Kirkus Reviews

    Pieces of a Girl is a memoir about abuse and addiction and the power of storytelling and community that helped zine creator and novelist Stephanie Kuehnert survive and thrive. Told in journal entries, original illustrations, and pages torn from her actual diaries and zines, this is the story of Stephanie’s life as a struggling outsider who survived substance and relationship abuse to become a strong young woman after years trapped in a cycle that sometimes seemed to have no escape.
    Stephanie Kuehnert got her start writing bad poetry about unrequited love and razor blades in eighth grade. In high school, she discovered punk rock and produced several D.I.Y. feminist zines. She received her MFA in creative writing from Columbia College Chicago. Her first YA novel, I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone was published by MTV Books in July 2008, and her second, Ballads of Suburbia was published in July 2009. In addition to writing novels, she is a teacher and was a staff writer for ROOKIE, an online magazine for teenage girls. Stephanie lives in Seattle with her husband and two cats. View titles by Stephanie Kuehnert
    “Harrowing but ultimately triumphant.”—Booklist, starred review

    “[S]trong, captivating voice . . . a memoir with sharp teeth and a soft underbelly, the product mirroring the author’s catharsis in creating art.”—Publishers Weekly

    “A raw, deep dive into one young woman’s struggle for wholeness.”—Kirkus Reviews

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    “Harrowing but ultimately triumphant.”—Booklist, starred review

    “Strong, captivating voice. . . . a memoir with sharp teeth and a soft underbelly, the product mirroring the author’s catharsis in creating art.”—Publishers Weekly

    “A raw, deep dive into one young woman’s struggle for wholeness.”—Kirkus Reviews

    Pieces of a Girl is a memoir about abuse and addiction and the power of storytelling and community that helped zine creator and novelist Stephanie Kuehnert survive and thrive. Told in journal entries, original illustrations, and pages torn from her actual diaries and zines, this is the story of Stephanie’s life as a struggling outsider who survived substance and relationship abuse to become a strong young woman after years trapped in a cycle that sometimes seemed to have no escape.

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    Stephanie Kuehnert got her start writing bad poetry about unrequited love and razor blades in eighth grade. In high school, she discovered punk rock and produced several D.I.Y. feminist zines. She received her MFA in creative writing from Columbia College Chicago. Her first YA novel, I Wanna Be Your Joey Ramone was published by MTV Books in July 2008, and her second, Ballads of Suburbia was published in July 2009. In addition to writing novels, she is a teacher and was a staff writer for ROOKIE, an online magazine for teenage girls. Stephanie lives in Seattle with her husband and two cats. View titles by Stephanie Kuehnert

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    “Harrowing but ultimately triumphant.”—Booklist, starred review

    “[S]trong, captivating voice . . . a memoir with sharp teeth and a soft underbelly, the product mirroring the author’s catharsis in creating art.”—Publishers Weekly

    “A raw, deep dive into one young woman’s struggle for wholeness.”—Kirkus Reviews

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