Check out the day in the life of 14-year-old Joslin Smith-Simpson, including her birthday, meeting the Griffin family, visiting her friends at Bremen High School, watching animated sitcoms in the evening, and of course sloving spooky paranormal mysteries around her neighborhood while navigating all the teen drama like self-esteem, bullying, school cliques, angst, relationships, homework, breakups, babysitting, popularity, and social media likes.
The stories you see might be parodies and references to popular literature, movies, and TV shows from different decades that focus on teenagers, like Dork Diaries, How I Survived Middle School, Trading Faces, The Babysitters Club, Dear Dumb Diary, Junior High Drama, Mean Girls, Heathers, 10 Things I Hate About You, Clueless, Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead, Freaky Friday, Wild Child, Sleepover, Bring It On, The Hot Chick, The Breakfast Club, Clarissa Explains It All, iCarly, Beverly Hills 90210, Lizzie McGuire, As Told By Ginger, All Grown Up, My Life Me, Daria, Braceface, 6teen, Total Drama Island, and several others.
''You know how they came up with the word Lunatic?'' he asked.
I shook my head, feeling like I probably didn't want to know the answer. His lips pulled up on one side in a mischievous, lopsided grin.
He stepped closer. ''Because all of the worst monsters come out during a full moon.''
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Lou DeVue has known from a young age that she was different and not in the 'I-think-I-was-left-on-my-parents-doorstep-by-a-wizard' kind of way.
She can see things. Dark things, usually.
The darkest, of which, happens to be about her new neighbors. The five boys hold an energy that Lou's gift can't ignore. An abyss surrounds them and Lou finds herself gazing into it, but what happens when the abyss gazes back?
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