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Dear Wendy's Sophie and Jo, two aromantic and asexual college students, engage in an online feud while unknowingly becoming friends in real life, in this dual POV Young Adult contemporary debut from Ann Zhao
Sophie Chi is in her first year of college (though her parents wish she'd attend a “real” university rather than a liberal arts school) and has long accepted her aroace (aromantic and asexual) identity. She knows she’ll never fall in love, but she enjoys running an Instagram account that offers relationship advice to students at her school. No one except her roommate can know that she’s behind the incredibly popular “Dear Wendy” account.
When Joanna “Jo” Ephron (also a first-year aroace college student) created their “Sincerely Wanda” account, it wasn’t at all meant to take off or be taken seriously—not like Wendy’s. But now they might have a rivalry of sorts with Wendy’s account? Oops. As if Jo’s not busy enough having existential crises over gender identity, whether she’ll ever truly be loved, and the possibility of her few friends finding The One then forgetting her!
While tensions are rising online, Sophie and Jo grow closer in real life, especially once they realize their shared aroace identity and start a campus organization for other a-spec students. Will their friendship survive if they learn just who’s behind the Wendy and Wanda accounts?
Exploring a-spec identities, college life, and more, while perfect for fans of Alice Oseman’s Loveless, this is ultimately a love story about two people who are not—and will not—be in love!
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Dear Wendy's Sophie and Jo, two aromantic and asexual college students, engage in an online feud while unknowingly becoming friends in real life, in this dual POV Young Adult contemporary debut from Ann Zhao
Sophie Chi is in her first year of college (though her parents wish she'd attend a “real” university rather than a liberal arts school) and has long accepted her aroace (aromantic and asexual) identity. She knows she’ll never fall in love, but she enjoys running an Instagram account that offers relationship advice to students at her school. No one except her roommate can know that she’s behind the incredibly popular “Dear Wendy” account.
When Joanna “Jo” Ephron (also a first-year aroace college student) created their “Sincerely Wanda” account, it wasn’t at all meant to take off or be taken seriously—not like Wendy’s. But now they might have a rivalry of sorts with Wendy’s account? Oops. As if Jo’s not busy enough having existential crises over gender identity, whether she’ll ever truly be loved, and the possibility of her few friends finding The One then forgetting her!
While tensions are rising online, Sophie and Jo grow closer in real life, especially once they realize their shared aroace identity and start a campus organization for other a-spec students. Will their friendship survive if they learn just who’s behind the Wendy and Wanda accounts?
Exploring a-spec identities, college life, and more, while perfect for fans of Alice Oseman’s Loveless, this is ultimately a love story about two people who are not—and will not—be in love!
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Praise for this book
"Charming, vivid, and sweetly subversive-Dear Wendy is an ode to community, kinship, and unraveling others' assumptions. An evergreen reminder that the best love stories aren't always romantic." - Becky Albertalli
"Every page feels like a warm hug. Zhao beautifully crafted a story that will resonate and represent readers while also showing the amazing-and various-ways our hearts can love." - Alechia Dow
"The sort of love that modern storytelling needs. Dear Wendy is a warm embrace in book form-for a-spec identity, for coming-of-age, and for friendship that ties the very soul." - Chloe Gong
"A charming and warm coming-of-age story that deftly explores friendship, a-spec identities and relationships as a whole." - Adiba Jaigirdar
"Reading Dear Wendy felt like sitting down with a friend you've known your whole life. Ann Zhao's voice is so witty, warm, and effortlessly charming in this pitch-perfect coming-of-age story and love letter to friendship-I'm an instant fan." - Ann Liang
"Dear Wendy is a richly heartfelt story that celebrates the healing powers of newfound community and friendship. Zhao's debut is a unputdownable blend of timely humor, accessible queer theory, and dimensional platonic relationships all explored through the daily minutiae and chaos of early college life." - Racquel Marie
"Heartfelt and hilarious, DEAR WENDY shows how powerful and life-changing platonic love can be. Ann Zhao tenderly explores the importance of found family, queer platonic love, and the joy and comfort that comes with finding people who get you better than anyone else." - Aiden Thomas
"Every page feels like a warm hug. Zhao beautifully crafted a story that will resonate and represent readers while also showing the amazing-and various-ways our hearts can love." - Alechia Dow
"The sort of love that modern storytelling needs. Dear Wendy is a warm embrace in book form-for a-spec identity, for coming-of-age, and for friendship that ties the very soul." - Chloe Gong
"A charming and warm coming-of-age story that deftly explores friendship, a-spec identities and relationships as a whole." - Adiba Jaigirdar
"Reading Dear Wendy felt like sitting down with a friend you've known your whole life. Ann Zhao's voice is so witty, warm, and effortlessly charming in this pitch-perfect coming-of-age story and love letter to friendship-I'm an instant fan." - Ann Liang
"Dear Wendy is a richly heartfelt story that celebrates the healing powers of newfound community and friendship. Zhao's debut is a unputdownable blend of timely humor, accessible queer theory, and dimensional platonic relationships all explored through the daily minutiae and chaos of early college life." - Racquel Marie
"Heartfelt and hilarious, DEAR WENDY shows how powerful and life-changing platonic love can be. Ann Zhao tenderly explores the importance of found family, queer platonic love, and the joy and comfort that comes with finding people who get you better than anyone else." - Aiden Thomas
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