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262 pp.
| Simon Pulse |
March, 2015 |
TradeISBN 978-1-4814-0596-6$19.99
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PaperISBN 978-1-4814-0595-9$11.99
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EbookISBN 978-1-4814-0598-0
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YA
This tell-it-like-it-is book questions labels of teens who live on the edges of high school social groups. Etta, the unpredictable, authentic protagonist, is many things at once: smart, a recovering anorexic, bisexual, a theater geek, and black. Her Nebraska town is becoming too small for her New York City aspirations. The dialogue holds true to the gutsy characters, and the plot is believable.