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Tanen, Sloane

Appetite for Detention

64 pp. | Bloomsbury | August, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-1-59990-075-9 $14.99
(4) YA Photographs by Stefan Hagen. Marissa's on a diet, Joey's in the closet, Andrew has a crush on Caitlin. These sound like typical high schoolers--but the book's cast is fuzzy chicks crafted from pipe cleaners holding court in photo tableaux. It's hard to keep the fluffy yellow teens straight, but with their angst-ridden internal monologues full of pop-culture references, they're both satirically funny and surprisingly sympathetic.
Reviewer: Nell Beram

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