XOXO

by Kodi Scheer

For “it girl” Serena and longtime friend and occasional rival, Blair, prep school in New York’s privileged Upper East Side is a game of class warfare – not grade nine vs. grade ten, but the cool against the uncool; the fabulously well-dressed vs. the eww-what-are-you-wearing? The girls think nothing of their condescending attitude and stinging barbs. But then a classmate’s suicide is posted by the school’s omniscient blogger, Gossip Girl, and the queens of Constance Billard are forced to reflect upon the destructive nature of their sometimes barbarous reign.

XOXO is a compelling, thoughtful account of a pressing social issue that is sure to resonate with fans of the popular Gossip Girl TV and book series.

16 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 26, 2013

About the author

Kodi Scheer teaches writing at the University of Michigan, where she earned her MFA. She was awarded the Dzanc Prize for Excellence in Literary Fiction and Community Service. As a recent fellow of the Sozopol Fiction Seminars, she traveled to Bulgaria to engage with an international community of writers, translators, and readers. Her stories have appeared or are forthcoming in The Chicago Tribune, The Iowa Review, The Florida Review, Quarterly West, and Bellevue Literary Review. She also serves as writer-in-residence for the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.