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Real and relatable coming of age experiences...

That's what I write about.

I'm Rebecca Garner, coming of age YA author. Why Won't My Boobs Grow... and Other Annoyances, the award-winning first book in the Emma Bishop series, and the sequel, Dear Boyfriend… and Other High School Dilemmas are both available now. We’ll Never Be Friends… and Other Girlhood Mishaps will be available June 2026!

I'm also a wife, mama, cat-lover, reader, and nostalgia enthusiast.

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AVAILABLE JUNE 9, 2026

We'll Never Be Friends
…and Other Girlhood Mishaps

Everything in my brain goes fuzzy for half a second, but then fireworks shoot off, a crowd cheers, and a chorus starts singing before a tiny voice shouts from the back, Focus! 

 

After secretly crushing on him for months, Emma Bishop finally kissed Matt Martinez. Unfortunately, Emma’s ex-boyfriend, Andy (who happens to be Matt’s best friend), caught them in the moment. 

 

All Emma’s ever wanted is to be loved, and this could finally be her chance. But will best friends and bullies stand in her way? Will Andy forgive Matt and Emma? Will Matt ever kiss her again? Or will she be alone with her cat forever?

 

Add an annoyingly pretty bully, an early curfew, and an intimidating piece of cotton, and it all feels confusing, complicated, whatever.

 

In the third installment of the Emma Bishop series, Emma is back with more girlhood mishaps from toothy kisses and tampons, to belly laughs and broken hearts.

 

These relatable, laugh out loud young adult books explore the realities of what it’s really like to be a teenager. Friendship, love, embarrassing moments, Emma experiences it all–and isn’t going to leave a detail out.

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