“To The Rift!!!”

Kat and Meg Conquer the World

by Anna Priemaza

Hardcover, 368 pages

Published November 7th 2017 by Harper Teen

ISBN: 9780062560803

Checked Out From Library

About:

For fans of Nicola Yoon’s Everything, Everything, Emery Lord’s When We Collided, and Rainbow Rowell’s Fangirl, Anna Priemaza’s debut novel is a heartwarming and achingly real story of finding a friend, being a fan, and defining your place in a difficult world.

Kat and Meg couldn’t be more different. Kat’s anxiety makes it hard for her to talk to people. Meg hates being alone, but her ADHD keeps pushing people away. But when the two girls are thrown together for a year-long science project, they discover they do have one thing in common: They’re both obsessed with the same online gaming star and his hilarious videos.

It might be the beginning of a beautiful friendship—if they don’t kill each other first.

“Kat and Meg Conquer the World will hit home for anyone who has ever been waist-deep in fandom, doubt, or new relationships; Kat’s and Meg’s unique voices are outstanding, and their friendship brings this story to vibrant life."—Francesca Zappia, author of Made You Up and Eliza and Her Monsters

(Goodreads)

Rating: 5 Stars

Review: 

Unique Friendships, Family Drama, School Projects, Video Games, Romance, Youtube, Anxiety, ADHD …. All of this is in this amazing book. The author does a wonderful job of creating a world where two friendless girls with two very different disorders become best friends. The girls learn from each other and create bonds that will hopefully last a life time. They learn to deal with their problems and work together. Meg and Kat are very relatable characters. They both have their flaws but they have their talents and amazing personalities too. This book surprisingly moves along very quickly, switching from one girls point of view to the others each chapter. It has so much nerdy goodness and fun references in it! Yes there is a bit of “mature” content in it. One character has sex, but it leads to a lesson learned for the girls. Younger teens may be intimidated or not ready for that. Teens or Adults with ADHD or Anxiety (or who know someone with either) might really enjoy this book. It gave me a bit of insight to some of my coworkers lives.