Books with author Nan Gurley

Are you looking for a wild, gender-bending romp of a good time? Taming of the Drew, a full-length novel, is a hilarious update of the Shakespearean classic. Drew is a hotly-recruited high school football jock, nationally known for his prep prowess. But his bad behavior is moving him fast along the path to self-destruction. Enter Kate, a band-geek fellow student who’s clueless about Drew, but is willing to do anything to save the school’s last six redwoods. Including making a hopeless deal to get football-star Drew to behave. Taming of the Drew is for any person who’s ever tried to manage someone they had no hope of controlling!So does Kate “tame” Drew? Will Drew make it to graduation? And will Kate’s precious trees fall?Some review snippets: "Besides being a hilarious romp, this story provides insights into the world--and challenges--of young adults today.""...rich with humor and dazzling with metaphor. Teenagers and Shakespeare fans will love this book, and so will everybody else.""Taming of the Drew is a really fun book. Fast-paced and easy-to-read."Taming of the Drew is also the first mainstream PG-13 YA book to include such subplots as sexting, twitter, black-market campus sales of contraband trans-fats/sodas, high-pressure teen sports recruiting and the poignant struggles of transgender high school students. Uniquely modern, fast-paced and unpredictable - Taming of the Drew is a rollicking good time. AND it includes a full copy of Shakespeare's 'Taming of the Shrew' as a bonus!Quotes:“I really don’t see what’s so wrong about buying Twitter followers. Lots of my friends were equally cheap.” -- Celia Snyder“This book is required reading for Legacy’s new mandatory Ethics 101 class. Buy your copy now.” -- Dean Verona“So, hypothetically speaking, if you’re expelled because of five different major school violations occurring at the same time, does that go on your record once? Or five times? Just wondering.” -- Kate Baptista