How Maya Got Fierce - by Sona Charaipotra (Hardcover)

About the Book

"She may be a California farm girl, but seventeen-year-old Maya's vision board is all about Fashion and Fierce--the New York City women's magazine she's been reading since she was ten. As the oldest daughter of Punjabi garlic farmers, though, Maya's path is set, and it's off to Cow camp for the summer. When she lands in the New York City area, Maya learns that her cousin's girlfriend works at Fierce--and realizes that her wildest dreams may just be in reach. She scores a coveted internship interview and gets an offer. But accepting the position means secretly quitting Cow camp and rejecting her parents' plans for her. One other (major) glitch: Maya's bosses at Fierce, thinking she's twenty-six, hire her as the assistant editor, not an intern. Oops. May is well on the way to making her dreams come true, even if the glam life at Fierce isn't quite as shiny and fun as she had hoped. When she suggest the perfect candidate for a big story--and manages to get the scoop--all eyes are on her. How long can Maya keep her real age from her boss ... and her real life from her parents?"--Provided by publisher.

Book Synopsis

In How Maya Got Fierce by Sona Charaipotra, The Bold Type meets Younger when a teen who gets her dream job at a fashion magazine, despite being only seventeen.

Maya dreams of working in magazines. But as the daughter of garlic farmers, her path is set: it's off to Cow Camp instead. But when she ends up in the New York City area and realizes her cousin's girlfriend works at Maya's favorite magazine - Fierce - an opportunity falls in her lap to intern. It's her dream job, and she can't pass it up, even if means disappointing her family and lying to her parents.

The only problem? Maya hasn't accepted an internship. She's accepted a full time job, as a staff writer, and everyone at Fierce thinks she's 26.

Maya is so close to making her dreams come true, even if the glam life at Fierce isn't quite as shiny and fun as she hoped. But when she suggests the perfect candidate for a big story--and manages to get the scoop--all eyes are on her. How long can she keep her real age from her boss--and her real life from her parents?

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--Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Sun Is Also a Star

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"Pitch-perfect rom-com...absolutely unputdownable."
--Julie Murphy, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Dumplin'

About the Author

Sona Charaipotra has worked as a celebrity reporter at People and TeenPeople and contributed to publications ranging from the New York Times to TeenVogue. She uses her master's in screenwriting from NYU and her MFA in creative writing from the New School to poke plot holes in her favorite teen TV shows--for work, of course. She is the cofounder of CAKE Literary, a boutique book packaging company with a decidedly diverse bent, the coauthor of the YA dance dramas Tiny Pretty Things and Shiny Broken Pieces, as well as the psychological thriller The Rumor Game, and the author of Symptoms of a Heartbreak and How Maya Got Fierce. She is a proud We Need Diverse Books team member.