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Platt, Randall Beth

The Likes of Me

245 pp. | Delacorte | February, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-385-32692-0 $$15.95
(4) YA A sheltered albino girl, half white and half Chinese, kisses a dangerous older boy and naively assumes she is pregnant. Cordelia runs away to Seattle, where she tracks down the boy, boards in a brothel, and finds temporary fame as a (spurious) mind reader. Set in 1918, the novel features intriguing characterizations and a trenchant first-person voice, but the plot relies heavily on coincidence.
Reviewer: Peter D. Sieruta

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