Jennifer Sneed

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Guinevere is sick to death of being weird. She wants to be nice. She wants to be normal. She wants the aptly named Matt Madewell to ask her to the dance. After reinventions and misadventures, she’s on the cusp of being accepted by the girls whose names in in Y. But what does she gain if she earns a seat at the hallowed cafeteria table of normalcy but leaves her old friends—and herself—behind?

Sharp, funny, and painfully real, Guinevere MacKenzie Is Not a Nice Girl is a hilarious, heartfelt coming-of-age tale packed with nostalgic '80s charm, pitch-perfect voice, and a heroine you won’t forget.

Perfect for fans of Judy Blume, Lady Bird, Derry Girls, Harriet the Spy, and anyone who ever felt like the odd girl out.

Guinevere MacKenzie is Not a Nice Girl

Coming-of-age, autobiographical fiction for adult readers, set in 1981

A STORY UNWRITTEN

"A captivating fairytale adaptation..." - Kirkus Reviews

"...a fun read from start to finish..." - Midwest Book Review

"Whimsical and heartfelt..." - The Children's Book Review

A retelling of Andersen's fairy tale The Wild Swans set in Oklahoma in 1925.

For ages 8-12 and the young at heart.

An eleven-year-old Oklahoma oil baron’s daughter resists her family’s demands to become a fine young lady but when a fortune-hunting witch bewitches her father and turns her brothers into hawks, she must trade her voice to a fairy on the prairie and weave the counter curse before the Blue Moon rises or lose her family—and her voice—forever.

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About Jennifer Sneed

Jennifer Sneed is a former elementary school teacher and legal assistant. Her articles and short stories have been published in Cricket and Ask magazines, and she’s won a few awards for her writing, including a first in the 2019 Writer's Digest Annual Contest. She is a leader of the SCBWI OK/AR region. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and a graduate of the University of Tulsa with a history degree, somewhere along the way she fell in love with the city and decided to stay. She is the author of A STORY UNWRITTEN, a middle-grade fairy tale retelling, and GUINEVERE MACKENZIE IS NOT A NICE GIRL, coming-of-age, autobiographical fiction for adults.