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Angourie Rice and her mother Kate Rice are co-authors once again — this time for YA novel My Wonderful Disgrace

The book follows a high school senior who planned her prom night elaborately, only for it to flop spectacularly

Angourie and Kate tell PEOPLE their new novel is all about "teenagers having a terrible night and adults making everything worse"

PEOPLE can reveal an exclusive excerpt of My Wonderful Disgrace, which debuts May 2026

Angourie Rice and her mother, Kate Rice, have another YA novel on the way!

The Mean Girls actress, 24, and her playwright mother, 56, have co-authored My Wonderful Disgrace , a hilarious tale of how even the best-laid teenage plans can go spectacularly awry. Following the success of the mother-daughter duo's Stuck Up and Stupi

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