"Anyone can break your heart—Jeff Zentner can also make you laugh out loud!" —RAINBOW ROWELL, #1
New York Times
bestselling author of
Carry On
and
Eleanor & Park
From the Morris Award-winning author of
The Serpent King
comes a contemporary novel about two best friends who must make tough decisions about their futures—and the TV show they host—in their senior year of high school.
Every Friday night, best friends Delia and Josie become Rayne Ravenscroft and Delilah Darkwood, hosts of the campy creature feature show
Midnite Matinee
on the local cable station TV Six.
But with the end of senior year quickly approaching, the girls face tough decisions about their futures. Josie has been dreading graduation, as she tries to decide whether to leave for a big university and chase her dream career in mainstream TV. And Lawson, one of the show's guest performers, a talented MMA fighter with weaknesses for pancakes, fantasy novels, and Josie, is making her tough decision even harder.
Scary movies are the last connection Delia has to her dad, who abandoned the family years ago. If
becomes a hit, maybe he'll see it and want to be a part of her life again. And maybe Josie will stay with the show instead of leaving her behind, too.
As the tug-of-war between growing up and growing apart tests the bonds of their friendship, Josie and Delia start to realize that an uncertain future can be both monstrous...and momentous.
"I laughed, cried, and fell over-the-moon in love with
Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee
."
—JENNIFER NIVEN,
All the Bright Places
Holding Up the Universe
"A testament to the power of friendship and big dreams,
had me laughing aloud on one page and sobbing on the next. A resounding triumph."
—NIC STONE,
Dear Martin
"
starts as comedy about the wildly imperfect, and ends as poetry about the ever-hoping heart. I don't know how you write that book. Fortunately, Jeff Zentner does."
—JESSE ANDREWS,
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl