“This wickedly funny novel has it all—style, depth, bite, and a punch line you won’t be able to forget.” - Sarah Mlynowski, co-author of How to be Bad
“The Blonde of the Joke turns a dull suburban landscape into a mythical place, full of treasure, inner demons, and transformations. Bennett Madison is one of the best YA writers around and this is his sharpest book to date.” - Maureen Johnson, author of Suite Scarlett and 13 Little Blue Envelopes
“A delightfully wicked book—a supersexy celebration of good girls gone bad, and a haunting ode to teenage rebellion.” - James St. James, author of Freak Show
“Wickedly funny.” - Sarah Mlynowski, author of the Bras and Broomsticks series
“Turns a dull suburban landscape into a mythical place, full of treasure, inner demons, and transformations.” - Maureen Johnson, author of 13 Little Blue Envelopes
“Off-kilter humor, moody narration, and twisted psychology make this sardonic exploration of suburbia thrilling-like pocketing lip gloss and walking right out of the store.” - School Library Journal
“Madison’s dreamlike prose imbues the most ordinary moments with cosmic significance. Readers will soak up every bit.” - Publishers Weekly
“A ridiculous, riotous, tongue-in-cheek mad dash through the mall where everything is not as it seems and where the cheap jokes and the bounty grow like apples on trees.” - Kirkus Reviews
“You will fall in love with The Blonde of the Joke the moment you enter its mall-wandering, skater-boy loving, dark secret-hiding world. Poetic and punchy, sarcastic and true, I gobbled this up and was left wanting so much more.” - Sara Shepard, author of the New York Times bestselling Pretty Little Liars series
“Madison’s honest and darkly comic prose takes this mall-rat tale to mythical heights. The punchline is definitely bittersweet and will leave a good many readers anticipating Madison’s next book.” - Booklist
