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Marcia Byalick is a freelance writer who has contributed to The New York Times, Newsday, and Family Circle among many other publications. She is also the content editor for the BeingGirl.com Web site, aimed at girls ages 10 to 15.
this was a formative book from my girlfriend’s adolescence, and she was kind enough to let me borrow her battered paperback copy with an old teacher’s name inscribed on the inside cover
overall I thought this was a really great, smart YA book — high stakes, serious material, a sympathetic relatable and flawed narrator, and a tasteful touch of teenage romance (that serves the plot, and not the other way around). kids and teens deserve books that don’t talk down to them, that allow space for complexities and nuance