Wish You Were Her

Wish You Were Her - Hardcover

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Wish You Were Her - Hardcover

Wish You Were Her - Hardcover

by Elle McNicoll
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by Elle McNicoll (Author)

An autistic YA homage to The Shop Around the Corner with a pinch of Cyrano, Elle McNicoll's Wish You Were Her is a triumph!

Allegra Brooks is an eighteen year old actress who is secretly autistic. When a journalist publishes a scathing profile on Allegra, she decides to take the summer off in Lake Pristine, to visit her slightly estranged father. There, she befriends the booksellers of Brooks Books and decides to help them plan the popular Lake Pristine Book Festival. As she gets closer to Simon, the openly enthusiastic and neurotypical of the two, she realizes it's really Jonah, the boy she argues with constantly and finds a bit off-putting, who she's actually more and more drawn to. As the summer wraps up and the festival approaches, Allegra has to make some decisions about what she owes to others, and to herself.

Author Biography

ELLE MCNICOLL is a bestselling novelist. She is four-time Carnegie nominated, and was shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Awards 2020, the Branford Boase Award and The Little Rebels Award. Her novels have been published all over the world and have been translated into multiple languages. Elle is an advocate for better representation of neurodiversity in publishing, and currently lives in North London.

Number of Pages: 352
Dimensions: 1.4 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN
Publication Date: August 26, 2025
ISBN9781250335562
Author Elle McNicoll
PublisherWednesday Books
GenreYoung adult
FormatHardcover
PublishedAugust 2025
LanguageENG- English
Pages352
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceTeens & young adults and Adults
Print SizeStandard Print

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Young Adult Contemporary Young Adult Fiction Young Adult Romance Young Adults

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About Elle McNicoll

ELLE MCNICOLL is a bestselling and award-winning children's novelist. Her debut, A Kind of Spark, won the Blue Peter Book Award and the Overall Waterstones Children's Book Prize, as well as Blackwell's Book of 2020. She is four-time Carnegie nominated, and was shortlisted for the Books Are My Bag Awards 2020, the Branford Boase Award and The Little Rebels Award. Her novels have been published in the US and translated into multiple languages. The TV adaptation of A Kind Of Spark was created in partnership with 9Story and BBC Children's and is now Emmy-nominated. Elle is an advocate for better representation of neurodiversity in publishing, and currently lives in North London.

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