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What to read after watching It’s A Sin

Off the Record

What would you sacrifice to expose the truth? 
 
From Camryn Garrett, whose debut Full Disclosure was called "honest, eye-opening and heartful" by Angie Thomas, comes a ripped-from-the-headlines story of a teen journalist who stumbles across the #metoo story of the decade and has to weigh the risks against the need to fight for justice. 
 
When seventeen-year-old Josie Wright wins a contest to write a celebrity profile for Deep Focus magazine, she's equal parts excited and scared. Soon she is jetting off on a multi-city tour, rubbing elbows with sparkly celebrities, frenetic handlers, stone-faced producers, and eccentric stylists. She even finds herself catching feelings for the subject of her profile, dazzling young newcomer Marius Canet. 
 
Josie's world is expanding so rapidly, she doesn't know whether she's flying or falling. But when a young actress lets her in on a terrible secret, and then the secrets keep coming, she realizes she's in over her head. She wants to do the right thing, but is this her story to tell? What if she lets down the women who have entrusted her with their stories? What if this ends her writing career before it even begins? There are so many reasons not to go ahead . . . but if Josie doesn't step up, who will? 
 
This is a moving testament to the #MeToo movement, and all the ways women stand up for each other. 
 
"Brave, necessary, and unflinchingly real, Off the Record is an instant classic." --Marieke Nijkamp, #1 New York Times Bestselling author of This Is Where It Ends

Brave, necessary, and unflinchingly real, Off the Record is an instant classic.

Marieke Nijkamp, #1 New York Times Bestselling author of This Is Where It Ends

Camryn Garrett was born and raised in New York. When she was thirteen, she was selected as a TIME for Kids reporter, where she interviewed celebrities like Warren Buffett and Kristen Bell. Her writing has appeared in the Huffington Post, MTV, and Rookie Magazine. In 2015, she was named as one of MTV's 8 Inspiring Teens Using Social Media to Change the World. Camryn is also interested in film, having spent the summer of 2017 at New York University's Summer Filmmaking Workshop. She is a proud advocate of diverse stories and writers. You can find her on Twitter @dancingofpens, tweeting from a laptop named Douglass.

Seventeen-year-old Josie is living a young journalist's dream when she wins a contest to write a celebrity profile for her favourite magazine, especially once she meets the charming new actor at its centre. 
 
 But there's a dark side to the glitz and glamour and Josie is suddenly in the perfect position to expose it. A young actress confides in her a terrible secret, and Josie realizes she's in over her head. Is it her story to tell? What if she lets down the women entrusting her with their secrets? And will revealing it jeopardize her writing career before it's even begun? There are so many reasons to forget what she's been told. 
 
 But one secret is followed by another and another, until Josie needs to decide whether to step up . . . 
 
 . . . and what she can bear to sacrifice for the truth. 
 
'Brave, necessary and unflinchingly real' - Marieke Nijkamp, author of This Is Where It Ends

Full Disclosure

A romantic, funny YA perfect for fans of Dear Evan Hansen and Everything, Everything. 
 
'Honest, eye-opening, heartful' - Angie Thomas, bestselling author of The Hate U Give 
 
'A poignant, heart-warming read that I simply adored from cover to cover' - Reader review 
 
'Everything about this book is special' - Reader review 
 
'A five-star read that will redefine what you think' - Reader review 
 
Simone is HIV-positive - and positive HIV won't define her. 
 
She also knows that celibacy is the best way to stay safe. 
Enter Miles Austin: intelligent, funny and way too sexy for Simone to resist. 
 
But her classmates don't know that she's HIV-positive - and what is the truth worth in the hands of the wrong person? 
 
'Romantic, funny, hopeful, and unflinchingly real' - Becky Albertalli, bestselling author of Simon Vs The Homosapiens Agenda

A promising new voice in young adult literature, Camryn Garrett has penned an unflinchingly honest, eye-opening, heartful story that's sure to keep readers talking.

Angie Thomas, #1 NYT bestselling author of The Hate U Give

Full Disclosure is romantic, funny, hopeful, and unflinchingly real, with some next-level theater kid geekery to boot. Simone is the kind of brilliant, messy, nerdy teen I love to root for. I'm so glad her story is in the world.

Becky Albertalli, New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda

Mind-blowingly powerful, Full Disclosure is an intense, unapologetically sex-positive read . . . A book I wish I'd had growing up.

Sandhya Menon, bestselling author of When Dimple Met Rishi

Fearless and affirming, Full Disclosure is a celebration of love, friendship, and being true to yourself.

Marieke Nijkamp, author of This Is Where It Ends

'Honest, eye-opening, heartful' - Angie Thomas, bestselling author of The Hate U Give 
 
'Romantic, funny, hopeful, and unflinchingly real' - Becky Albertalli, bestselling author of Simon Vs The Homosapiens Agenda 
 
Simone is HIV-positive - and positive HIV won't define her. She also knows that celibacy is the best way to stay safe. Enter Miles Austin: intelligent, funny and way too sexy for Simone to resist. But her classmates don't know that she's HIV-positive - and what is the truth worth in the hands of the wrong person?

Camryn Garrett

"Camryn Garrett writes with wholehearted sincerity-sharp edged truth braided with irrepressible joy. Mahalia's story lives, breathes and glows. I'm in love with it every day of the week!"

Becky Albertalli, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Simon vs. the Homosapiens Agenda

"A perfect ode to romantic comedies, wrapped in a dazzling rainbow dress."

Rachael Lippincott, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Five Feet Apart and She Gets the Girl

Camryn Garrett

Praise for Friday I'm in Love

"Camryn Garrett writes with wholehearted sincerity-sharp edged truth braided with irrepressible joy. Mahalia's story lives, breathes and glows. I'm in love with it every day of the week!"

"A perfect ode to romantic comedies, wrapped in a dazzling rainbow dress."

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