<p><b>From Shannon Hale, bestselling author of <i>Austenland</i>, comes <i>Kind of a Big Deal</i>: a story that will suck you in¿literally.<br><br>¿So many strange and wonderful things happen at every twist and turn, you''ll be happy to wander with Josie . . . Each book she descends into seems to teach her something, and even if it''s not obvious where the story is going, we''re in it for the long haul.¿ ¿<i>NPR</i></b><br><br>There''s nothing worse than peaking in high school. Nobody knows that better than Josie Pie.<br><br>She was kind of a big deal¿she dropped out of high school to be a star! But the bigger you are, the harder you fall. And Josie fell. Hard. Ouch. Broadway dream: dead. <br><br>Meanwhile, her life keeps imploding. Best friend: distant. Boyfriend: busy. Mom: not playing with a full deck? Desperate to escape, Josie gets into reading.<br><br>Literally. She reads a book and suddenly she''s <i>inside</i> it. And with each book, she¿s a different character: a post-apocalyp