Vegan Virgin Valentine (ePub)

"I wanted to write a love story with a perfect fairy-tale ending," says Carolyn Mackler of her funny, poignant novel, Guyaholic. "But I knew it was going to star V Valentine, who is seventeen, hurt, and terrified of making a commitment—even if it is to Prince Charming."

Carolyn Mackler has a knack for getting into the minds of teens, capturing their angst, inserting a dose of irreverent humor, and putting it all in her books. The result has been critical acclaim, literary awards, and most important, the loyal attention of her readers.

Guyaholic, a follow-up to Vegan Virgin Valentine, zeroes in on the free-spirited V as she graduates from high school and takes a solo road trip across the country to get away from her family and her boy troubles but inevitably realizes that her real problem is with herself. "In telling this story, I had to see how far V would go to find her happily-ever-after," says Carolyn Mackler of her protagonist's challenge. The author uses travel as a metaphor for change—change of scenery, change of mind, and changing of old habits.

Carolyn Mackler, a regular contributor to Girls' Life, developed her passion for stories while growing up in western New York. Her mom read to her constantly, and there was much storytelling in the house. "My dad would tell me what he called his 'roots,' the stories of his life," she recalls. As a result, family interactions tend to play a big role in the author's novels, but so does good old-fashioned research.

For Guyaholic, Carolyn Mackler consulted approximately thirty to thirty-five people, including agricultural experts, sports trainers, business travelers, and of course, young women to capture the essence of her main character's cross-country experiences. "Much of V's drive is flat and nondescript," she notes. "So the interesting challenge of this story was to milk the nondescriptiveness for language That lets the reader see what V is seeing and be in that car

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