Now available everywhere in paperback, MY FAKE BOYFRIEND IS BETTER THAN YOURS which Meg Cabot says is “Irresistible as a fluffy kitten. I laughed out loud and so will you!" was a Scholastic Book Club Bestseller and a YALSA Quick Pick.
Seventh grade was supposed to be fun, but Tori is having major drama with her BFF, Sienna. Sienna changed a lot over the summer—on the first day of school she’s tan, confident, and full of stories about her new dreamy boyfriend. Tori knows that she’s totally making this guy up. So Tori invents her own fake boyfriend, who is better than Sienna’s in every way. Things are going great—unless you count the whole lying-to-your-best-friend thing—until everyone insists Tori and Sienna bring their boyfriends to the back-to-school dance.
Kristina Springer is the best-selling author of THE ESPRESSOLOGIST, MY FAKE BOYFRIEND IS BETTER THAN YOURS, JUST YOUR AVERAGE PRINCESS, THE PAPARAZZI PROJECT and BOY SWAP. She has a Masters in Writing from DePaul University and she resides in a suburb of Chicago with her husband and children. Read more about her at http://www.kristinaspringer.com and follow her on twitter @TinaSpringer.PRAISE FOR MY FAKE BOYFRIEND IS BETTER THAN YOURS
"Irresistible as a fluffy kitten. I laughed out loud and so will you!" —Meg Cabot, author of the Airhead and Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls series
"Tori is an appealing, engaging protagonist whose peppy first-person narrative includes some introspective moments and incorporates issues that readers will appreciate, especially the importance of honesty, trust, and self-appreciation. An enjoyable, entertaining read." —Booklist
"Friendship versus one-upmanship in seventh grade is the subject of Springer’s very funny and strongly realistic novel." —Publishers Weekly
"The sheer exhaustion of a fake-boyfriend arms race, with the need to create fake email accounts and to come up with competing romantic gestures on the fly, is cleverly depicted." —Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books
"The themes will resonate with any girl who’s ever gone through the hardships of middle school: friendship, boys, popularity, and, most importantly, choosing to do the right, but often more difficult, thing. A fun read." —School Library Journal
"The dialogue is realistic, and Springer brings refreshing personalities to standard character types; Tori’s parents are divorced, but both parents are active in her life, for instance, and the popular girls aren’t mean." —Kirkus Reviews
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GM: What are your favorite and least favorite parts of the writing "process"?
KS: I love writing the first draft and the thing I like the least is revision.
GM: What was the main inspiration for this book?
KS: I had my own fake boyfriend in 7th grade and I was thinking about that time and the idea for this book came to me.
GM: Who would you cast if your book was made into a movie?
KS: Sabrina Carpenter from Disney’s Girl Meets World would make a great Tori. And Sienna would be played by Emily Skinner from Austin & Alley
GM: If you could ask one person, living or dead, a single question that they'd HAVE to answer, who and what would be it?
KS: Wow, that’s a hard question! Ummm, okay, I’d ask Meg Cabot if she could please give me all of her book marketing techniques.
FAST FIVE:
Pie or Cake? Cake
Coffee or Tea? Coffee
Mac or PC? PC
Guilty Pleasure? Any of the Real Housewives shows
Can't live without? iPhone
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