Smart Enough to Know

Seniors #2

by Eileen Goudge

She's a wildcat in disguise... — Elaine's closest friends--Kit, Alex, and Lori--are the only ones who know that she is also the rowdy school mascot, Wilbur the Wildcat. To the rest of the school, she is shy, soft-spoken Elaine Gregory, "the Brain." — So when she's asked to tutor handsome Rusty, Elaine is excited, but terrified. Flirting with the popular football player is easy when she's dressed as Wilbur, but will Rusty ever see anything romantic in plain old Elaine?

To make matters worse, things at home are very tense. Elaine's whole life has changed since her father lost his job, and she can't figure out what to to--even though everyone thinks she's SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW.

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction

157 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published July 1, 1984

About the author

I began writing at the age of eight and wrote my way through the lean years before I found success as New York Times' bestselling author with my first novel GARDEN OF LIES. To date I have published 19 novels and a cookbook. Every life experience I've weathered has found its way into my novels in one form or another: bad exes, births, deaths, divorces, romances, and even true crime. My heroines are like me: tough cookies who don't crumble.

My latest novel, Book One of my Gold Creek series, ALL THEY NEED TO KNOW, is the story of a woman fleeing her abusive ex who finds refuge in a small California mountain town, where she's befriended by a group of women who call themselves The Tattooed Ladies and reinvents herself as a police sketch artist. Kyra "draws lines to stop crimes," as they say in the biz, never imagining she'll one day be forced to confront the biggest criminal of all: her ex.

I'm married to former entertainment reporter Sandy Kenyon and the mother of two grown children. We live in Sacramento, California, where we remodeled a 1940's house for which I was the on-site project manager. Fortunately, multi-tasking is my superpower, so I was able to write a book and supervise a home remodel at the same time. The latter is sure to find its way into a future book. Follow me on Instagram and Facebook to see pics of my home remodel and other adventures.

Reviews

[Pastel Paperback · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute book about the one you want not always being so obvious. I really like Elaine as a character!

[Reading with Cats · Rating 2 out of 5]

For all that the text (and Elaine) tells us how very, very intelligent she is, Elaine is a dumbass.