The History of Hilary Hambrushina
Marnie Lamb
Publication date: May 31st 2017
Genres: Contemporary, Young Adult
Hilary has one goal for her first year in junior high: to become popular. But her plans are turned upside down when her best friend leaves for the summer and a quirky girl named Kallie moves in next door. Kallie paints constellations on her ceiling, sleeps in a hammock, and enacts fantastical plays in front of cute boys on the beach. Yet despite Kallie’s lack of interest in being -cool, – Hilary and Kallie find themselves becoming friends. That summer friendship, however, is put to the test when school begins, reigniting Hilary’s obsession with climbing the social ladder. As Hilary discovers the dark side to popularity, she must decide who she wants to be before she loses everything.
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Suggested music to listen to while reading “The History of Hilary Hambrushina”, by Marnie Lamb:
- “Unwritten” by Natasha Bedingfield
- “Bourgeois Shangri-La” by Miss Li
- “Video” by India Arie
- “Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
- “All About That Bass” by Meghan Trainor
- “It’s My Party and I’ll Cry If I Want To” by Lesley Gore
- “Stupid Girls” by Pink
- “O-o-h, Child” by The Five Stairsteps
- “Fighter” by Christina Aguilera
- “Survivor” by Destiny’s Child
- “City of Stars” by Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek, and Justin Paul
Author Bio:
A Journey Prize nominee, Marnie Lamb earned a master’s degree in creative writing from the University of Windsor. Her short stories have appeared in various Canadian literary journals. Her first novel, a YA book named The History of Hilary Hambrushina, is forthcoming from Iguana Books. When she is not writing fiction or running her freelance editing business, she can be found cooking recipes with eggplant or scouting out colourful fashions at the One of a Kind Show.
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