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215 pp.
| Putnam |
May, 2010 |
TradeISBN 978-0-399-25489-5$15.99
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4-6
Being "friend-dumped" in sixth grade is bad enough, but when Lucy's mom starts dating young starlet Laurel's dad, Lucy despairs. How can she ever measure up to the most popular teen in the world as her new stepsister? Some notes of preteen angst are just right, but details like a grade-wide first period log feel as contrived as the trendy plot.