Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781524720209)

Anyone can break your heart--Jeff Zentner can also make you laugh out loud! --RAINBOW ROWELL, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Carry On and Eleanor & Park

From the award winning author of The Serpent King comes a contemporary novel about two best friends who must make tough decisions about their futures--and the TV show they host--in their senior year of high school. And don't miss the author's highly anticipated new book, In the Wild Light!

Every Friday night, best friends Delia and Josie become Rayne Ravenscroft and Delilah Darkwood, hosts of the campy creature feature show Midnite Matinee on the local cable station TV Six.

But with the end of senior year quickly approaching, the girls face tough decisions about their futures. Josie has been dreading graduation, as she tries to decide whether to leave for a big university and chase her dream career in mainstream TV. And Lawson, one of the show's guest performers, a talented MMA fighter with weaknesses for pancakes, fantasy novels, and Josie, is making her tough decision even harder.

Scary movies are the last connection Delia has to her dad, who abandoned the family years ago. If Midnite Matinee becomes a hit, maybe he'll see it and want to be a part of her life again. And maybe Josie will stay with the show instead of leaving her behind, too.

As the tug-of-war between growing up and growing apart tests the bonds of their friendship, Josie and Delia start to realize that an uncertain future can be both monstrous...and momentous.

I laughed, cried, and fell over-the-moon in love with Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee. --JENNIFER NIVEN, New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places and Holding Up the Universe

Author: Jeff Zentner
ISBN-10: 1524720208
ISBN-13: 9781524720209
Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers
Language: English
Published: 02/26/2019
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.60d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.4
Point Value: 13
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 504858 / Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee


Review Citation(s):
BookPage 03/01/2019
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 02/01/2019
Booklist 11/15/2018 pg. 55
Publishers Weekly 11/19/2018
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2018
School Library Journal 12/21/2018 pg. 66
Shelf Awareness 02/26/2019
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author
Jeff Zentner is the author of The Serpent King, a New York Times Notable Book, winner of the William C. Morris Award, and recipient of many other accolades; and Goodbye Days, named an ALA-YALSA Top Ten Best Fiction for Young Adults title. Jeff was a Publishers Weekly Flying Start and an Indies Introduce pick. Before becoming a writer, he was a musician who recorded with Iggy Pop, Nick Cave, and Debbie Harry. Rayne & Delilah's Midnite Matinee is his ode to best friends who make things together. He lives in Nashville with his wife and son. You can follow him on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or visit him at jeffzentnerbooks.com.