No Filter and Other Lies

Crystal Maldonado

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Holiday House Inc
15 February 2022

General fiction (Children's&YA); Drama & performing (Children's&YA)

"A POPSUGAR Best YA! A Seventeen Best YA! ""Ultrasmart.""-Publishers Weekly, starred review

You should know, right now, that I'm a liar.

They're usually little lies. Tiny lies. Baby lies. Not so much lies as lie adjacent. But they're still lies...

Golden-haired Max Monroe has it all- beauty, friends, and tons of followers. Her picture-perfect existence seems eminently enviable.

Except it's all fake.

""Max"" is actually Kat Sanchez, a quiet and sarcastic 17-year-old living in drab Bakersfield, California. Nothing glamorous about her existence-just bad house parties, a crap school year, and the awkwardness of dealing with best friend Hari's unrequited love.

But while Kat's life is far from perfect, she thrives as Max- doling out advice, sharing beautiful photos, networking with fans, even finding a real friend (or more?-Is Kat into girls!?) in a gorgeous Fat follower named Elena. But the closer Elena and ""Max"" get, the more Kat feels she has to keep up the fa ade. ""Max"" is the first time people have really listened to what Kat has to say-and after a lifetime of invisibility (including ice-cold indifference from her parents) can she really give that up?

But when one of Kat's posts goes viral and gets back to the girl she's been stealing photos from, her entire world-real and fake-comes crashing down around her. Can she escape the web of lies she's woven without hurting the people she loves?

This insightful, provocative novel-hilarious and raw by turns-is the second book from Crystal Maldonado, author of smash-hit New England Book Award Winner Fat Chance, Charlie Vega. Brilliantly plotted, deeply sensitive, and rich in voice, No Filter and Other Lies deftly addresses FOMO, first love, one-sided love, frayed family ties, raced exclusion on social media, queer awakenings, and learning to live with-and love-yourself.

Because the most powerful lies are the lies we tell ourselves.

""Thought-provoking.""-POPSUGAR

""Stunning.""-Nerdist

""A first purchase.""-School Library Journal

""Really genuine.""-YA Books Central

""Brings me to tears.""-Latinxs in Kid Lit

""Bittersweet and complicated.""-Kirkus Reviews

""Compelling and heartening.""-Shelf Awareness"

By: Crystal Maldonado
Imprint: Holiday House Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 217mm, Width: 147mm, Spine: 31mm
Weight: 414g
ISBN: 9780823447183
ISBN 10: 0823447189
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 15 February 2022
Recommended Age: From 14 years
Audience: Young adult , Preschool (0-5)
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Crystal Maldonado is a young adult author with a lot of feelings. Her debut novel, Fat Chance, Charlie Vega, is a New England Book Award winner, a Cosmopolitan Best New Book, and a POPSUGAR Best New YA Novel. Her next novel, No Filter and Other Lies, explores teenage life in the social media age-and the lies we tell to ourselves and others. By day, Crystal works in higher ed marketing, and by night, is a writer who loves Beyonce, shopping, spending too much time on her phone, and being extra. Her work has also been published in Latina, BuzzFeed, and the Hartford Courant. She lives in western Massachusetts with her husband, daughter, and dog. Find her everywhere @crystalwrote or CrystalWrote.com.

Reviews for No Filter and Other Lies

Kat's struggle for authenticity with her family and friends, not to mention her own sense of self, sparks important questions about what is valued and what is truly valuable. Maldonado's willingness to let Kat be unlikable at times and to embrace a bittersweet and complicated ending highlights the need for nuance and grace in the stories we tell about ourselves and others. As with social media, the real story here requires digging beneath the surface, and it richly rewards the effort. -Kirkus Reviews