The Obvious Game

Everyone trusted me back then. Good old, dependable Diana. Which is why most people didn’t notice at first.”Your shirt is yellow.””Your eyes are blue.””You have to stop running away from your problems.””You’re too skinny.”Fifteen-year-old Diana Keller accidentally begins teaching The Obvious Game to new kid Jesse on his sixteenth birthday. As their relationship deepens, Diana avoids Jesse’s past with her own secrets — which she’ll protect at any cost.Praise for The Obvious Game:”Lovely, evocative, painful and joyful all in one … much like high school.” — Jenny Lawson, author of BROKEN and LET’S PRETEND THIS NEVER HAPPENED.“I couldn’t put down The Obvious Game. Arens perfectly captures the hunger, pain and uncertainty of adolescence.” — Ann Napolitano, author of HELLO BEAUTIFUL and A GOOD HARD LOOK.”THE OBVIOUS GAME is a fearless, honest, and intense look into the psychology of anorexia. The characters—especially Diana–are so natural and emotionally authentic that you’ll find yourself yelling at the page even as you’re compelled to turn it.” — Coert Voorhees, author of LUCKY FOOLS and THE BROTHERS TORRES