Pub Date: March 22, 2011
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2009022232
Lexile Code: 0820
Features: Price on Product - Canadian, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 13 to 17
Physical Info: 1.00" H x 8.10" L x 5.40" W ( 0.65 lbs) 352 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Emotions and Feelings | Family | General see also headings under Social Themes
Description: After Scarlett Hughes's sister returns home from school pregnant and married, Scarlett is forced to take a look inward for the first time. She discovers the necessity of dreams as well as the necessity of facing reality and speaking the truth.
Brief description: Deb Caletti is the award-winning and critically acclaimed author of over sixteen books for adults and young adults, including Honey, Baby, Sweetheart, a finalist for the National Book Award; A Heart in a Body in the World, a Michael L. Printz Honor Book; Girl, Unframed; and One Great Lie. Her books have also won the Josette Frank Award for Fiction, the Washington State Book Award, and numerous other state awards and honors, and she was a finalist for the PEN USA Award. She lives with her family in Seattle.
Review Quotes: “Reminiscent of the best of Sarah Dessen’s work, this novel is beautifully written, deftly plotted, and movingly characterized.” –"School Library Journal
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“Caletti is a wonderfully gifted writer. Her prose is infused with wisdom and wit, and her characters are all deeply layered. Readers of all ages will undoubtedly enjoy this.”" –Romantic Times BOOKREVIEWS
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“Scarlet’s adoration of Hayden is both poignant and realistic... Juliet’s pursuit of an old boyfriend, a bad boy, rings true.” "— Booklist"
“The main characters are well drawn and complex.” –"Publishers Weekly"
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