Unraveling
Sharp, chatty, brutally honest, and heartbreakingly real, this debut novel is about mothers and daughters, the search for acceptance, preparing for the unexpected, and learning that, sometimes, it just can't be done.
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| Interest Age |
Young Adults |
| Reading Age |
Young Adults |
| Library of Congress |
Mothers and daughters, Family problems, Friendship, Schools, High schools |
| NBS Text |
Children's Fiction |
| ONIX Text |
Children/juvenile |
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| Number of Pages |
230 pp |
| Dimensions |
Width: 140mm
Height: 223mm
Spine: 22mm |
| Weight |
350g |
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| Dewey Code |
Not specified |
| Catalogue Code |
Not specified |
Description of this Book
THE SMART THING Is to Prepare for the Unexpected. So reads the fortune cookie fortune that Amanda receives at the beginning of her family's vacation to Florida. Amanda knows all about preparing for the unexpected--her mother, whom she calls The Captain, is always hard on Amanda, and it's just when Amanda lets her guard down that the very worst comes through. Looking for acceptance, Amanda turns her attention to boys, and doing whatever she can to be popular at school. That includes making out with the gorgeous senior Rick in his car after school--even though he has a girlfriend. And when Rick offers her The Deal--a real, official date to the Homecoming in front of everyone, in exchange for her virginity--Amanda jumps at the chance. But no matter how you try to prepare for the unexpected, sometimes you can't. Sharp, chatty, and brutally honest, this debut novel is compulsively readable and heartbreakingly real.
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Awards & Reviews
| NZ Review |
Starred review, Publishers Weekly, June 30, 2008: <br> An ambitious, timely first novel. |
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