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" The stats: A Scary Scene in a Scary Movie is high school English teacher Matt Blackstone&amp;#039;s debut novel. It&amp;#039;ll hit bookstores July 5th. The gist: Rene, a high school freshman with OCD, is an outcast at school. He smells his left hand when he&amp;#039;s nervous, won&amp;#039;t ever pick up a coin that&amp;#039;s face down, and can&amp;#039;t move a muscle if the time adds up to thirteen. When a cool new kid, Gio, befriends him, Rene is positive his life will become &amp;quot;b&amp;#039;noodles&amp;quot;, even if his ex-dad Phil seems to be coming back into the picture. This book is charmingly heartbreaking, but still filled with moments that will make you literally laugh out loud. Our favorite part: There were so many lovely moments in the book, but when Rene flips out at the school bully to defend is favorite teacher, you can&amp;#039;t help but smile and be proud of him. Plus, we just loved the different voices used in the book; the contrast in style between Rene&amp;#039;s anxious explanations of how something terrible will happen if he doesn&amp;#039;t shower in the exact right way, and Gio&amp;#039;s chilled-out view of the world draws you into their equally troubled lives completely. You&amp;#039;ll love it if... you love stories with quirky characters and tales of the underdog prevailing. It&amp;#039;s never cheesy or unrealistic, just a good book that makes you want to take the world less seriously. After you read it, comment below with your thoughts!  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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