C.C. Poindexter

by Carolyn Meyer

Cynthia Charlotte Poindexter is fifteen years old and six feet one inch tall, her parents are divorced, and--spending lots of time with a feminist aunt--she has a difficult time finding where she fits in.

Paperback

First published January 1, 1978

About the author

Carolyn Meyer is as versatile a writer as you will find. Along with historical fiction and realistic novels for young adults she has written nonfiction for young adults and books for younger readers on topics as diverse as the Amish, the Irish, Japanese, Yup'ik Eskimos, a rock band, rock tumbling, bread baking, and coconuts. And ten of her books have been chosen as Best Books for Young Adults by the American Library Association. In her most recent historical novels she has dealt with the young lives of Mary Tudor, Princess Elizabeth, Anastasia, and Isabel of Castilla, Spain.