Freaky in Fresno, Laurie Boyle Crompton
Freaky in Fresno, Laurie Boyle Crompton
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Freaky in Fresno

Author: Laurie Boyle Crompton

Narrator: Madison Lawrence

Unabridged: 10 hr 51 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blink

Published: 02/11/2020


Synopsis

One pink convertible, two estranged cousins, and a fateful summer road trip. When geeky horror movie fanatic Ricki and makeup guru Lana accidentally switch bodies they will have to work together to straighten out their lives and swap back to their rightful body beforecalamity strikes. Freaky in Frenso is a fresh take that is part?Freaky Friday, part romcom, and all heart.Ricki has one goal: save the Starlight Drive-in movie theater from going dark forever. Okay, make that two goals … she may also want a first kiss from her cinema-rescuing partner and major crush, Jake. Lana definitely has only one goal: grow her online makeup channel to keep her momager off her back, even if the posts attract ugly internet trolls.The two cousins couldn’t be more different, but their opposite personalities come crashing to a head when their aunt gifts the girls a vintage cotton-candy-pink convertible.?To share.?Ricki wants the convertible for the drive-in’s grand reopening, but it’s the same day as Digifest, a huge event where Lana needs to shine. After a major fight and a minor electric shock while wrestling over the wheel, Ricki wakes up as Lana, and Lana wakes up as Ricki.Ricki and Lana have only a day to un-swap themselves, a task made even more difficult as they try to keep up appearances on Lana’s channel and with Ricki’s hopefully-soon-to-be-kissed crush. But it turns out experiencing a day as each other—with a mini road trip and Chihuahua wrangling—may be the one thing that help the cousins see each other and?themselves?more clearly.Freaky in Fresno:Addresses topics such as family and friendship, mental health and self-worth, andonline presencePays homage to beloved 80s movies, hilarious?Freaky Friday?twists, cult horror classics, and scream queens like Jamie Lee CurtisIs perfect for fans of contemporary YA, Christian Riccio, and Morgan Matson

About Laurie Boyle Crompton

Laurie Boyle Crompton is the author of several YA books, including Pretty in Punxsutawney, Adrenaline Crush and Love and Vandalism. Laurie graduated first in her class from St. John’s University with a BA in English and Journalism. She has written for national magazines like Allure, survived a teaching stint at an all-boy’s high school, and appeared on Good Day New York several times as a toy expert. And yes, “toy expert” is an actual profession. She grew up in a small town in western PA and now lives near NYC with her family and three fuzzy “dog toy experts."  


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lindsay (pawsomereads) on February 22, 2020

Wallflowers. Beauty queens. Film buffs. Drama queens. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to spend a day in her shoes? Two estranged cousins—geeky horror movie fanatic Ricki and makeup guru Lana—accidentally switch bodies for a fateful summer road trip that is part ‪Freaky Friday‬, part rom......more

Goodreads review by Nicole on February 21, 2024

This review and many more can be found on my blog: Feed Your Fiction Addiction This is one of those books that's just plain fun to read (or listen to, as I ended up doing). It takes the basic Freaky Friday premise and gives it a modern twist by making it about two cousins who couldn't be more differe......more

Goodreads review by Rose | Adventurous Bookworm on December 13, 2019

Well, this book was a bit unusual. Even as I'm writing this a week after finishing, I still don't know what to think of it. The Good: Cousin Relationships: These aren't seen enough in fiction and it was nice to see how they didn't get along at the beginning and how they grew throughout the story. The......more

Goodreads review by Liz on June 30, 2020

The story: Cousins-turned-enemies Ricki and Lana have nothing in common: Ricki is a horror-movie fanatic with a crush on co-worker Jake, and Lana is on the verge of becoming an internet star and makeup influencer. But Aunt May intervenes, determined that the girls need to rekindle a lost friendship,......more

Goodreads review by Olivia on January 14, 2020

See my full review here: [URL not allowed] FREAKY IN FRESNO is a spin on the old novel, FREAKY FRIDAY. Ricki (nickname for Lyric) had a falling out with her cousin and BFF, Lana, a few years earlier. Without much explanation, Lana seemed to no longer want to hang out with her.......more