Final Draft

Laila Piedra doesnt drink, doesnt smoke, and definitely doesnt sneak into the 21-and-over clubs on the Lower East Side. The only sort of risk Laila enjoys is the peril she writes for the characters in her stories. But just before her graduation, Lailas creative writing teacher and number one fan is replaced by Nadiya Nazarenko, a Pulitzer Prizewinning novelist who sees nothing at all special about Lailas writing. A growing obsession with gaining Nazarenkos approval leads to a series of unexpected adventures. With her sanity and happiness on the line, Laila must figure out if enduring the unendurable really is the only way to greatness. The third novel from the beloved author of Seven Ways We Lie, Final Draft is an intensely focused portrait of a girl who, through first love and first loss, begins to find the story she wants to tell (Booklist).