Sixteen-year-old Penelope Yeager only wants a few things in life: get out of high school, get her driver's license, fall in love, forget what happened ten years ago, and see her mother happy. She’s figured out how to get out of school a year early. If she can figure out the rest, maybe she’ll actually be happy. Unfortunately, the rest isn’t nearly as easy.

“Jahn-Clough’s prose is infused with startling flashes of beauty”—Horn Book

"Fast-paced, well-written story."—School Library Journal

Lisa Jahn-Clough has written and illustrated a number of books for young children, including Alicia Has a Bad Day; My Friend and I; Missing Molly; Simon and Molly Plus Hester; On the Hill; and Country Girl, City Girl. She has taught at Maine College of Art and the Vermont College Writing for Children and Young Adults program. 
 

Categories

• Young Adult Fiction / Family / Marriage & Divorce
• Young Adult Fiction / Family / Parents
• Young Adult Fiction / Family / Blended Families
• Young Adult Fiction / Romance
• Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes
• Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
• Young Adult Fiction / Social Themes / Dating & Sex

Product Details

ISBN: 9780547076324
ISBN-10: 0547076320
Publisher: Clarion Books
Publication Date: March 2nd, 2009
Pages: 208
Language: English

Recommended Reading Level

Minimum Age: 14
Maximum Age: UP
Minimum Grade Level: 9
Maximum Grade Level: UP

Lively prose, humorous situations, and certain quirks in the plot that surprise.
KLIATT

By the book's end, Lopi has truly come of age by reconciling her past, making peace with her present, and finding confidence in her future.
Booklist, ALA

At once brutally cynical and achingly naive. . . . Jahn-Clough's prose is artfully stilted--reflecting Lopi's uncomfortable approach to life--but infused with startling flashes of beauty, while her doodle-y heart-themed spot art opens each chapter with thought-provoking visual symbolism.
Horn Book —