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Whitaker, Alecia

The Queen of Kentucky

379 pp. | Little/Poppy | January, 2012 | Trade ISBN 978-0-316-12506-2 $17.99
(3) YA Ricki Jo (now "Ericka") clumsily attempts to befriend the popular kids and leave her farm-girl past behind when she starts high school. She realizes that the perfect girls are struggling in their own ways and learns the true nature of friendship (and maybe more) from the boy next door. Whitaker's nuanced characters make this take on an all-too-familiar theme refreshing.
Reviewer: Rebecca Kirshenbaum

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