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357 pp.
| HarperTeen |
June, 2011 |
TradeISBN 978-0-06-170124-5$16.99
(3)
YA
Sixteen-year-old April moves in with a friend whose mother is traveling. Household tasks like running the dishwasher and cooking seem challenging, so April really finds herself in too deep when she gets a cat, throws a party, buys a hot tub, and has sex. In her quest for maturity and freedom, April's experiences, and their consequences, are by turns humorous and heart-rending.