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School Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2007
Gr 7-10 Pixley hits the nail on the head when it comes to middle-school misery. Miriam Fisher is a heroine in a misfit's body, with a popular older sister and artsy, intellectual parents who encourage her nonconformist lifestyle and choose to believe that her life is hunky-dory. When high school senior and handsome thespian Artie Rosenberg comes to live with them while his parents are on sabbatical in India, Miriam's life spirals out of control. The "watermelon girls" at school (so nam...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2007
Confirmed nonconformist Miriam enters seventh grade without the protection and support of her older sister Deborah, who's ch...Log In or Sign Up to Read More