The Swap

We Are All Made of Molecules

Too Bright to See

Twisted

How to Be Popular

While I Was Away

Bright Before Sunrise

The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond

The Authentics is a fresh, funny, and insightful novel about culture, love, and family—the kind we are born into and the ones we create.

Daria Esfandyar is Iranian-American and proud of her heritage, unlike some of the “Nose Jobs” in the clique led by her former best friend, Heidi Javadi. Daria and her friends call themselves the Authentics, because they pride themselves on always keeping it real.

But in the course of researching a school project, Daria learns something shocking about her past, which launches her on a journey of self-discovery. It seems everyone is keeping secrets. And it’s getting harder to know who she even is any longer.

With infighting among the Authentics, her mother planning an over-the-top sweet sixteen party, and a romance that should be totally off limits, Daria doesn’t have time for this identity crisis. As everything in her life is spinning out of control—can she figure out how to stay true to herself?

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The Swap

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We Are All Made of Molecules

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Too Bright to See

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Twisted

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How to Be Popular

Meg Cabot, 2006

While I Was Away

Waka T. Brown, 2021

Bright Before Sunrise

Tiffany Schmidt, 2014

The Blossoming Universe of Violet Diamond

Brenda Woods, 2014