{"product_id":"9781782694489","title":"According to Plan","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Christen Randall\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eGeneral fiction (Children's \/ Teenage)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 12 February 2026 by Pushkin Press (Pushkin Children's Books) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 416 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 130 x 27 | 310g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE PLAN:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Do the best you can at school.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Work at Dollars City to save money.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Edit school magazine.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Go to University of Kentucky with Maddie.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMal Flowers lives by The Plan. It's the only thing that keeps their ADHD brain from spiralling. But when the school magazine gets cancelled, The Plan starts falling apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnter Emerson Pike: radiant, carefree and the total opposite of Mal's carefully controlled world. Her idea? Go rogue and launch an underground zine - unofficial, unapproved, and utterly terrifying.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith no other option, Mal agrees. But as \u003ci\u003eMixxedMedia\u003c\/i\u003e is born and parks begin to fly both on and off the page, can Mal learn that not everything in life has to go according to plan?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR \u003ci\u003eACCORDING TO PLAN\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Warm, witty, and wonderfully queer' Aiden Thomas, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eCemetery Boys\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An absolute delight' Crystal Maldonado, author of \u003ci\u003eFat Chance, Charlie Vega\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Christen Randall proves to be one of the best queer storytellers of our time, bar none' Jonny Garza Villa, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eCanto Contigo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47769512444163,"sku":"9781782694489","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781782694489.jpg?v=1771508875","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.com\/products\/9781782694489","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}