[pdf] GIRL, UNPLUGGED

Full Novel in pdf

Hey Readers,

I am one step closer to getting Girl, Unplugged out into the published world. Over the last couple of weeks I immersed myself in the world of book formatting and dove deep back into the world, and words, of my YA novel that first met readers, in completion, here on Story Hoarder. Then, two days after I put the final touches on the manuscript and cover, I swore I was hallucinating when I heard local news talking about CMEs, solar storms, sunspots and aurora borealis — the exact things that I became so obsessed with over a decade ago that inspired this story!

How does one not feel like the Universe is giving its blessing with such an overt act of environmental synchronicity?

What’s Your Girl, Unplugged Reading Status?

Have you read Girl, Unplugged yet? Were you waiting for a PDF version so you could read the book straight through, rather than click through the serialization online (eBook, print, and maybe even audio are on the horizon!)? Are you looking for a story that captures that excitement we were feeling last week when the Northern Lights leaked into skies unaccustumed to such briliance?

If you are ready to relive the thrill, keep on reading!

Cover Concept

First, a peek at the new (possible) cover design (I am learning so many things in this process):

cover design by Nicole Rivera using CanvaPro

Thoughts about the new cover?

Girl, Unplugged in PDF

And now, for a limited time only, the pdf version of Girl, Unplugged by me.

Girl, Unplugged by Nicole Rivera [2024]

2.47MB ∙ PDF file

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Sixteen-year-old Natalie Turner never knows what to say. Talia Turner is a popular blogger who’s witty, insightful, and trending. You’d never know they were the same person. When Natalie is partnered up with her secret crush for a class trip to The New York City New School Museum, she’s pretty sure that embracing her new motto What would Talia do? will solve all of her problems. She wasn’t counting on a solar storm causing a catastrophic collapse of power in the world around her. She didn’t know it was possible for all of the buses, trains, communication, and basically all technology to be wiped out so suddenly because of a storm on the sun. She didn’t think her crush would ditch her the second her world ended. Now Natalie and her class - including one chronically ill student who is in dire need of medical attention - have to find their way back to Staten Island through a powerless and panicked Manhattan. Looting, violence, police barricades, curfews, and the New York Bay all stand in their way. As Natalie struggles to navigate through the physical barriers, she’s learning how to communicate IRL which forces her to confront a terrifying question: Who is she, really? Natalie, or Talia?

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Let me know what you think of the book. Let me know if there’s a format of the book you’d prefer, decisions are being made!

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