I'm the Girl

I'm the Girl

Courtney Summers

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Named a Best Book of the Year by BuzzFeed * CrimeReads * Indigo * Kirkus Reviews * School Library Journal * Shelf Awareness , 4 starred reviews from Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal and Shelf Awareness! Available now from bestselling and award-winning author Courtney Summers , an "emotionally raw and brutally captivating" ( Publishers Weekly, starred review) queer coming-of-age thriller based loosely on the Epstein case that's "not for the faint of heart." ( The New York Times ) All sixteen-year-old Georgia Avis wants is everything, but the poverty and hardship that defines her life has kept her from the beautiful and special things she knows she deserves. When she stumbles upon the dead body of thirteen-year-old Ashley James, Georgia teams up with Ashley's older sister Nora, to find the killer before he strikes again, and their investigation throws Georgia into a glittering world of unimaginable privilege and wealth--and all she's ever dreamed. But behind every dream lurks a nightmare, and Georgia must reconcile her heart's desires with what it really takes to survive. As Ashley's killer closes in and their feelings for one another grow, Georgia and Nora will discover when money, power, and beauty rule, it's not always a matter of who is guilty but who is guiltiest--and the only thing that might save them is each other. I’m the Girl is a brutal and illuminating account of how one young woman feels in her body as she struggles to navigate a deadly and predatory power structure while asking readers one if this is the way the world is, do you accept it?


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    Feb 21, 2025
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     "If this is the way the world is, do you accept it?"

    Tragic, Beautiful and impactful.

    Courtney Summer's writing is pure perfection honestly. It's just so beautiful.

    I'm the Girl is literally such an amazing representation of what was happening and is still happening in the rich and elite's lives. it really reminded me of the abuse of power you see in powerful people. It was also similar to the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell case. This is not a book for the faint of heart. It is really f*cked in some parts but honestly so is real life and I'm so happy Courtney didn't censor anything and really made the book as real as possible.

    Make sure to check triggers! I cannot express this enough cause its not a book everyone will be able to stomach. 

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