Not Like Other Girls

After her nudes were leaked, Jo-Lynn Kirby is ostracized at school. Everyone, including her former best friend, Maddie Price, thought she deserved it. When Maddie approaches her one afternoon claiming she’s in trouble and Jo is the only one who can help her, Maddie disappears before Jo can get more information. The whole school thinks Maddie ran away from bad news, but something doesn’t sit right with Jo. What happens next is a mystery involving fake dating schemes, betrayals, and the reality of what happened to Jo to make her not like other girls. 

Content Warnings:  sexual assault, rape, toxic friendship, kidnapping, violence, blood, vomit

Author
https://www.meredithadamo.com/

Meredith Adamo (she/her) is an author based in North Carolina, but she's originally from Rochester, New York, which is her favorite place on the planet. She likes to write books about girls who make you laugh and break your heart—ideally on the same page. Her non-writing interests include collecting vintage bakeware, crocheting the ugliest blankets you've ever seen, and grocery shopping. 

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Her debut Not Like Other Girls was the recipient of the 2025 William C. Morris YA Debut Award, and it was named as a Chicago Public Library Best of the Best, a BookPage Best Young Adult Book of 2024, a Southern Book Prize Young Readers Finalist, a May/June Kids' Indie Next List pick, and the May 2024 Target YA Book Club pick.