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Kat's cousin Olivia has long legs, popularity, and a spot on the dance team. Now she wants Kat's suddenly-cute best friend Tyler, too. The problem is that Olivia doesn't have anything in common with Tyler, so Kat unwillingly channels Cyrano de Bergerac to help Olivia. The unsophisticated plot doesn't demand much from readers, but they may enjoy watching Kat learn to embrace her own voice and identity.
197 pp.
| Bloomsbury
| July, 2012
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TradeISBN 978-1-59990-836-6$15.99
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Adding to the trials of adolescence, twelve-year-old Lilah, after being struck by lightning at her mother's wedding, finds that she can hear dead people. Aided by her ever-present deceased Bubby, Lilah plays matchmaker to her father and saves the school fashion show. The pat middle-school fare is bolstered by Levy's light and humorous approach to heavy subjects, namely death and divorce.