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298 pp.
| Simon
| June, 2018
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TradeISBN 978-1-4814-9212-6$18.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-4814-9214-0
(3)
YA
As seventeen-year-old Dessa starts to think about her future, her family's nomadic lifestyle feels less appealing. The aspiring painter contends with self-doubt when her art school applications are rejected, but an apprenticeship with a Santa Fe artist offers an opportunity to define herself as an artist and as an individual. Spieller offers a fresh take on the coming-of-age novel with her debut.