A hilariously fresh and romantic send-up to You’ve Got Mail about a gamer girl with a secret identity and the online bestie she’s never met IRL until she unwittingly transfers to his school, from the bestselling author of Dial A for Aunties, The Obsession, and Well, That Was Unexpected.Seventeen-year-old Kiki Siregar is a fabulous gamer girl with confidence to boot. She can’t help but be totally herself… except when she’s online.
Her secret? She plays anonymously as a guy to avoid harassment from other male players. Even her online best friend—a cinnamon roll of a teen boy who plays under the username Sourdawg—doesn’t know her true identity. Which is fine, because Kiki doesn’t know his real name either, and it’s not like they’re ever going to cross paths IRL.
Until she transfers to an elite private school for her senior year and discovers that Sourdawg goes there, too.
But who is he? How will he react when he finds out Kiki’s secret? And what happens when Kiki realizes she’s falling for her online BFF?
On sale: November 28, 2023
Age: 12 and up
Grade: Grade 7 & Up
Page count: 320 Pages
ISBN: 9780593434017
Reading level: Lexile: 750L
Jesse Q Sutanto is the author of the YA thrillers
The Obsession and
The New Girl and the adult rom com
Dial A for Aunties. She grew up shuttling back and forth between Indonesia, Singapore, and Oxford and considers all three places her home. She has a master’s from Oxford University, but she has yet to figure out how to say that without sounding obnoxious. Jesse has forty-two first cousins and thirty aunties and uncles, many of whom live just down the road. She used to game, but with two little ones and a husband, she no longer has time for hobbies. She aspires to one day find one (1) hobby.
Praise for Didn't See That Coming:
★ "An
adorkably inclusive YA romance that is both
fiery and
earnest."—
Booklist,
starred review
★ "A powerful trifecta of
humor, romance, and feminism grounded in positive change."—
SLJ,
starred review"
Sparkling humor,
vivacious storytelling, and occasionally theatrical scenarios inject
levity into this
perceptive romp."—
Publishers Weekly"
Rollicking fun." —
Kirkus Reviews
