Miss Meteor

Name: Miss Meteor
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Tehlor Kay Mejia
ISBN: 9780063033122

Author: Tehlor Kay Mejia, Anna-Marie McLemore

Narrator: Kyla Garcia, Almarie Guerra

Unabridged: 9 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 09/22/2020

Categories: Young Adult Fiction, Romance, Lgbtq+, Magical Realism, Fashion & Beauty

Synopsis

A gorgeous and magical collaboration between two critically acclaimed,
powerhouse YA authors offers a richly imagined underdog story perfect for fans
of Dumplin’ and Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the
Universe.
There hasn’t been a winner of the Miss Meteor beauty pageant
who looks like Lita Perez or Chicky Quintanilla in all its history.But that’s
not the only reason Lita wants to enter the contest, or her ex-best friend
Chicky wants to help her. The road to becoming Miss Meteor isn’t about being
perfect; it’s about sharing who you are with the world—and loving the parts of
yourself no one else understands.So to pull off the unlikeliest underdog story
in pageant history, Lita and Chicky are going to have to forget the past and
imagine a future where girls like them are more than enough—they are
everything.

About Tehlor Kay Mejia

Tehlor Kat Mejia is a bestselling and award winning author of young adult and middle grade fiction.Their debut young adult novel, We Set the Dark on Fire, received six starred reviews, as well as the Oregon Spirit Book Award for debut fiction, and the Neukom Institute Literary Arts Award runner up honor for debut speculative fiction. It has been featured on Seventeen, Cosmopolitan, and O by Oprah Magazine’s best books lists, and was a 2019 book of the year selection by Kirkus and School Library Journal. Its sequel, We Unleash the Merciless Storm, followed to continuing acclaim, while Miss Meteor (co-written with National Book Award Nominee Anna-Marie McLemore) was named to the American Library Association’s 2021 Rainbow List, honoring outstanding contributions in LGBTQIA teen fiction.Tehlor’s debut middle grade novel, Paola Santiago and the River of Tears, was published by the Rick Riordan Presents imprint at Disney/Hyperion. It received four starred reviews, and was named Amazon’s best book of 2020 in the 9-12 age range. It is currently in development at Disney as a television series to be produced by Eva Longoria.Tehlor lives with their daughter, partner, and two small dogs in Oregon, where they grow heirloom corn and continue their quest to perfect the vegan tamale.

About Anna-Marie McLemore

Anna-Marie McLemore (they/them) was born in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains and taught by their family to hear la llorona in the Santa Ana winds. Anna-Marie is the author of The Weight of Feathers, a finalist for the 2016 William C. Morris Debut Award; 2017 Stonewall Honor Book When the Moon Was Ours, which was longlisted for the National Book Award in Young People’s Literature and winner of the James Tiptree Jr. Award; Wild Beauty, a Kirkus Best Book of 2017; and Blanca & Roja, a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice. Dark and Deepest Red, a reimagining of “The Red Shoes” based on true medieval events, will be released in January 2020

Reviews

Goodreads review by Miranda on March 10, 2021

Just finished an Unboxing and Review Video for the Sweet Spooky and September YA boxes from Once Upon a Book Club! My reading rep code: MIRANDAREADS10 So excited that this one made it as the Sept YA choice! Click the link for my video review of this one and the other Spooky an......more

Goodreads review by Mimi on July 07, 2020

Things this book has: - fantastic pansexual rep - casual and heartfelt trans rep - friends-to-lovers TIMES TWO - beauty pageant shenanigans - sibling love/hate/endless support - characters making mistakes and GROWING from them - the phrase "the snake-haired, coming-out Medusa" - my whole heart ❤......more

Goodreads review by Creya on January 30, 2021

4.5 STARS Authors’ dedication: To friends lost, then found again. This book was so cute! Our main characters, Lita and Chicky, are ex-best friends with a common goal: to take the Miss Meteor beauty pageant crown from the popular white girls. Lita is scared she is too round, too brown, and too weird to......more

Goodreads review by jut on October 30, 2020

things this book has: - sapphic rep - casual and heartfelt trans rep - friends-to-lovers - beauty pageant - slow burn - lita - five stars and me telling you to read this! “In that moment, all four of us are meteors. We outrun the headlights going by in the distance on the highway. We outrun anyone who cou......more

Goodreads review by Iris on February 15, 2021

4.5 stars I'm honestly speechless. this was incredible. I'm not sure yet whether I want to give it five stars or four, but I'm leaving it at 4.5 for now because I think this is a book that will be either great or just really really good depending on how it sticks with me, so I'll need to revisit my r......more