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Earth Hates Me

True Confessions from a Teenage Girl

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"This book is filled with juicy young person wisdom." —Amy Poehler
The definitive guide to being a teen in the modern age, with sage advice from a modern teenager and appealing to fans of Rookie.
Earth Hates Me
presents a look inside the mind of the modern teenager—from a modern teenager's perspective. Sixteen-year-old Ruby Karp addresses the issues facing every highschooler, from grades to peer pressure to Snapchat stories, and unpacks their complicated effects on the teen psyche.
Ruby advises her peers on the importance of feminism ("not just the Spice Girls version"), how to deal with jealousy and friend break-ups, family life, and much more. The book takes an in-depth look at the effect of social media on modern teens and the growing pressures of choosing the right college and career. Amy Poehler says, "This book is filled with juicy young person wisdom."
With Ruby's powerful underlying message "we are more than just a bunch of dumb teenagers obsessed with our phones," Earth Hates Me is the definitive guide to being a teen in the modern age.
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    • School Library Journal

      October 1, 2017

      Gr 9 Up-For 16-year-old Karp, life consisted of going to school, practicing for the ACT, performing improv comedy, and writing this book for her peers to help them navigate high school. Karp uses her story as a template for those who want to make it out of their teens with their dignity and self-esteem intact. Raised by a single mom, Karp is Jewish, lives in Manhattan on the upper west side, and attends a huge public arts school in the city. She states quite frankly that she can only speak to what she knows and what she has experienced, but she provides advice on many subjects including: social media and bullying; love and unrequited love; pressure from family, school, and peers; feminism; friendships; and family life. She encourages readers to find their own voice and use it to be a changemaker; she has strong opinions and does not fear expressing them. The writing is clear and straightforward with a voice that will appeal to young people. There are many current pop culture references as well as mentions of older TV shows and movies that Karp loves. VERDICT Teen readers seeking an irreverent memoir/self-help book written from the perspective of a fellow high schooler will find this work captivating.-Elizabeth Kahn, Patrick F. Taylor Science & Technology Academy, Avondale, LA

      Copyright 2017 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

    • Booklist

      Starred review from October 15, 2017
      Grades 9-12 *Starred Review* Sixteen-year-old Karp has already earned her cred as an author and stand-up comedian, two skills that come together beautifully in this compassionate self-help book. She has a lot to say to fellow teens about the pressures of growing up in the twenty-first century. Consider, for example, those awkward middle-school years preserved forever in tweets and Instagram posts. What adult can understand that? Then there is the competition for acceptance into a good middle school that morphs into competition for acceptance into a good high school, all leading up to the big test of college acceptance. Karp understands this all too well. And she's not going for platitudes such as, It all gets better, because teens need help in the moment. Adopting a self-deprecating humor that is the trademark of stand-up comedy, Karp uses her own experiences to illustrate the suffocating stress caused by various pressures. If not every reader can relate to the intensity of Karp's high-profile performing arts high school, they can certainly get Ruby's Five Step Plan for Getting Over Someone (Who Doesn't Deserve Your Excellence). Generous, insightful, and funny, Karp is an excellent life coach for contemporary high-school students.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2017, American Library Association.)

    • The Horn Book

      July 1, 2018
      Sixteen-year-old comedian Ruby Karp pulls no punches with her unaffected discussions of issues relevant to teen girls today: feminism, social media, family life, and more. For example, she discusses FOMO, the "fear of missing out," and how it is linked to social media. This book is a valuable resource for teen girls and the adults in their lives to explore together.

      (Copyright 2018 by The Horn Book, Incorporated, Boston. All rights reserved.)

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  • English

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  • Lexile® Measure:950
  • Text Difficulty:5-6

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