AWARDS
ALA Quick Pick for Young Adult Reluctant Readers
An International Reading Association's Young Adults' Choice
A Pennsylvania School Librarians Association Recommended Fiction Title
REVIEWS
"Teens will relate to the common themes of divorce and awakening
sexuality and will enjoy this Birkenstock-wearing heroine."
-School Library Journal
"This debut novel is both funny and sad. [It] will resonate with
younger teens who are themselves standing on the edge of
adulthood."
-VOYA (Starred)
"Mackler gets the contemporary scene with humor and realism."
-Booklist
"Mackler has much of the offbeat humor that Blume and Danziger use in
their fiction."
-KLIATT
"This is a well-crafted novel with a personable heroine."
-The Bulletin
