For aspiring artist Amanda Walsh, who only half-jokingly goes by the nickname Zero, the summer before college was supposed to be fun—plain and simple. Hanging out with her best friend Jenn, going to clubs, painting, and counting down the days until her escape. But when must-have scholarship money doesn’t materialize, and she has a falling out with Jenn that can only be described as majorly … awkward, and Zero’s parents relationship goes from tense to relentless fighting, her prospects start looking as bleak and surreal as a painting by her idol Salvador Dali. Will life truly imitate art? Will her new, unexpected relationship with a punk skater boy who seems too good to be real and support from the unlikeliest of sources show Zero that she’s so much more than a name.
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This as an angsty coming of age story. Amanda/Zero always wanted to study art. She studies and is obsessed with the works of Salvadore Dali.
Right now, her life is in chaos. She wasn’t going to the college of her choice, her dad’s been drinking more, she had a fight with her best friend, her professor let her down, and she has her first real …
Zero, which is written by Todd Leveen & narrated by @jyetter.narrations, had my emotions all over the place. Throughout the entire book, I was cheering for Zero. I was hoping that she would have all of her dreams come true and be able to make it through each of the obstacles she has to face. I love how this book was written about a girl who’s …