Perfect for fans of Jennifer E. Smith and Huntley Fitzpatrick, Don't Call Me Baby is a sharply observed and charming story about mothers and daughters, best friends and first crushes, and our online selves and the truth you can only see in real life.
All her life, Imogene has been known as the girl on that blog.
Imogene's mother has been writing an incredibly embarrassing, and incredibly popular, blog about her since before she was born. The thing is, Imogene is fifteen now, and her mother is still blogging about her. In gruesome detail. When a mandatory school project compels Imogene to start her own blog, Imogene is reluctant to expose even more of her life online . . . until she realizes that the project is the opportunity she's been waiting for to define herself for the first time.
But when you’ve spent your life as a character in someone else’s story, what happens when you finally pick up the pen?
- Embarrassing Parents: Imogene’s mom isn’t just embarrassing—she’s Mommylicious, a world-famous blogger who thinks ’privacy’ is just a suggestion.
- Online Identity: Forced to start her own blog for a school project, Imogene has one chance to show the world who she really is, not the ’Babylicious’ character her mom created.
- First Crush: Navigating a new crush on Dylan is hard enough without your mom live-tweeting every awkward moment for her thousands of followers.
- Mother Daughter Relationship: A sharp, funny, and heartfelt look at the complicated bond between mothers and daughters in the age of oversharing.
All my life, I've been known as the girl on that blog.
Do you know what it's like for everyone to think they know you because of what they read on some stupid website? My mother has been writing an incredibly popular, and incredibly embarrassing, blog about me since before I was born. The thing is, I'm fifteen now, and she is still blogging about me. In gruesome detail.
You can read my life as my mom tells it on mommyliciousmeg.com. But this story is my actual life and about what happened when my BFF Sage and I decided to tell the real truth about our lives under a virtual microscope. Thanks for reading. . . . Just don't call me Babylicious.
"With humorous, clear-eyed prose, Heasley looks at how parents and teens interpret one another's motives and actions, and presents varying viewpoints about the Internet and personal privacy. Without preaching, she challenges her characters and readers to ask how much is too much."
