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No-Girlfriend Rule, The
Christen Randall
Ages: 14+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Atheneum BFYR/Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 978-1-6659-3981-2
Keywords: Contemporary Issues-Fantasy games, role playing, romance, dating, neurodivergent, high school, anxiety disorder, LGBTQ+, bullying
Frustrated by her inability to join her boyfriend's role-playing game, Hollis, 17, finds an all-female RPG group, and in so doing, discovers her true self. Mature content