Perfect for fans of Thirteen EXPLANATIONS WHY and Searching for Alaska, Jennifer Weiner, #1 NY Times bestselling author, calls Elizabeth LaBan’s The Tragedy Paper “a beguiling and beautifully written story of first love and heartbreak.”

It follows the story of Tim Macbeth, a seventeen-year-old albino and a recent transfer towards the prestigious Irving School, where the motto is “Enter here to be and find a friend.” A friend is the last thing Tim expects or wants-he simply hopes to complete about The Tragedy Paper his older year unnoticed. Yet, despite his initiatives to blend into the history, he finds himself dropping for the quintessential “It” girl, Vanessa Sheller, sweetheart of Irving’s most popular son. To Tim’s shock, Vanessa is certainly into him, too, but she can kiss her sociable status goodbye if anyone ever finds out. Tim and Vanessa begin a clandestine romance, but looming over them may be the Tragedy Paper, Irving’s version of the senior season thesis, assigned from the school’s least forgiving instructor.

Jumping between viewpoints of the love-struck Tim and Duncan, a current senior going to uncover the truth of Tim and Vanessa, The Tragedy Paper is usually a compelling tale of forbidden love and the measures people will head to maintain their secrets.