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261 pp.
| Viking |
February, 2013 |
TradeISBN 978-0-670-01275-6$16.99
(3)
YA
In this promising debut novel, fourteen-year-old Celia, an outcast in high school because of bullying by the class mean girls, becomes set on getting revenge. Her plan backfires, with much drama and adolescent angst, but in the process she gains a best friend, finds an outlet for her writing talents, and accepts herself as is. Celia's honest, bittersweet first-person narration rings true.