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259 pp.
| HarperCollins |
May, 2005 |
TradeISBN 0-06-056914-X$15.99
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LibraryISBN 0-06-056915-8$16.89
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YA
Fourteen-year-old Charlie (Charlotte) has a crush on Kevin, but complications surface when Charlie's best friend Tess starts going out with Kevin. Discovering that her mother and Kevin's father, both divorced, are romantically involved only heightens Charlie's feelings of guilt, anger, and confusion. Nuanced characterization and down-to-earth humor keep the whole entertaining mess from degenerating into soap opera.