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Pearson, Gayle

Don't Call It Paradise

153 pp. | Atheneum/Karl | November, 1999 | Trade ISBN 0-689-82579-X $$15.00
(4) 4-6 When Maddie visits her best friend a year after Beanie moves away she learns that appearances don't mean much: Beanie's brother Buddy, now gorgeous, is still a troublemaker, while their parents, who seem perfect to Maddie, fail to see his faults or Beanie's talents. Maddie's recovery of a lost memory involving Buddy is hard to believe, but issues of self-esteem and general teen angst are nicely handled.
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