ELLE PRESSES PLAY
Contemporary YA
An extremely anxious 16-year-old plans to win her prestigious video game summer enrichment program’s pitch war, only to find that her ex-best friend has arrived. Now, she’s got competition. But when she is faced with the choice of working with a group of kids—including the cute coder girl down the bus aisle—on a joint project or going solo on her own, she can’t choose. She decides to do both, working on her own in secret. But to do that, she’s going to need her ex-best friend's help. Panic. Panic.
This is the book for you if you like: video games, flirt alerts, difficult goodbyes, and therapy.
Anxiety representation
Neurodivergence
Bisexual MC
Why I Wrote the Book
Having struggled with anxiety since a young age, I wrote ELLE PRESSES PLAY to address the lack of stories that are specifically about young people living with generalized anxiety disorder as well as to create a well-rounded bisexual character who isn’t solely identified by her sexuality. In short, it’s the book I wish I had read as a teenager.