The New York Times bestselling collection of humorous autobiographical essays by the Academy Award nominated actress and star of Up in the Air and Pitch Perfect.Even before she made a name for herself on the silver screen starring in films like Pitch Perfect, Up in the Air, Twilight, and Into the Woods, Anna Kendrick was unusually small, weird, and &;10 percent defiant.&; At the ripe age of thirteen, she had already resolved to &;keep the crazy inside my head where it belonged. Forever. But here&;s the thing about crazy: It. Wants. Out.&; In Scrappy Little Nobody, she invites readers inside her brain, sharing extraordinary and charmingly ordinary stories with candor and winningly wry observations. With her razor-sharp wit, Anna recounts the absurdities she&;s experienced on her way to and from the heart of pop culture as only she can&;from her unusual path to the performing arts (Vanilla Ice and baggy neon pants may have played a role) to her double life as a middle-school student who also starred on Broadway to her initial &;dating experiments&; (including only liking boys who didn&;t like her back) to reviewing a binder full of butt doubles to her struggle to live like an adult woman instead of a perpetual &;man-child.&; Enter Anna&;s world and follow her rise from &;scrappy little nobody&; to somebody who dazzles on the stage, the screen, and now the page&;with an electric, singular voice, at once familiar and surprising, sharp and sweet, funny and serious (well, not that serious). Read Less