Dear Emma

Harriet, an English lit major at a college in Springfield, IL, is used to giving advice. She's been writing the student newspaper's "Dear Emma" advice column for two years. Harriet is decisive and swift to kick boys to the curb in her column, but in real life, she's cyberstalking the boy she likes on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. She overthinks everything and spends hours contemplating the last text she sent. Luckily Harriet's two roommates keep her grounded, but even they can't help when her new coworker at the university library turns out to be her ex's new fling. As much as she wants to hate Remy, the two become friends, and that relationship is threatened when Remy writes "Dear Emma" for advice with her communication-challenged man. Unfortunately, the focus on Facebook in this modern adaptation of Jane Austen's Emma already dates it, but teens will connect with Harriet's waffling about whether or not to "friend" someone or "like" something online. She stresses about every word in a conversation and constantly worries about what her friends think. Harriet's inexperience with dating will ring true, even as she is slamming tequila shots for courage before heading out to the bars on a school night.