A shy, overweight teen girl is sentenced to attend group counseling sessions for trashing her worst enemy's truck. For Susan Callaway, the news gets worse when she finds out her enemy is also a member of the group. How will Susan react when she finds herself in a place where it is impossible to hide?
Study guide available here.
HONORS FOR ALT ED:
Nominated for the 2006-07 Florida Teens Read Award.
Nominated for the 2005-06 South Carolina Book Award.
Named to YALSA's Popular Paperbacks Booklist for 2005.
Nominated for the 2005-06 Missouri Gateway Award.
Named to South Dakota's Young Adult Reading Program(YARP) list.
Named to the Bank Street College Recommended Teen Books List for 2003.
Named to the New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age list for 2004.
Nominated for Michigan's 2004 Thumbs Up! Book Award.
Named to the Missouri Library Association's Best of the Best list for 2004.
Selected for Texas's 2004-2005 Tayshas Reading List.
Chosen one of 2003's Great Books for Teens by the Baltimore County Public Library.
Audiobook named to the ALA's Selected Audiobook list for 2004.
NOTICES:
"Teenagers will find themselves re-examining peers they had written off, as each of Atkins's characters emerges, fully formed from these pages."--Publishers Weekly* (Starred)
"(Reader Johanna Parker) brings all of the fascinating characters to life with slight changes in nuance and tone."--Kliatt* audiobook review(Starred)
"Readers will be anxious to know what happens to each of these students, and curious to know why they were going to be expelled from school."--Children's Literature.
"Johanna Parker's versatile reading captures the strong personalities of the six group members who gather to talk about their problems rather than face expulsion for their various infractions."---Audiofile audiobook review.
"Perfect for anyone who's ever felt like an outsider."--YM
"The voices are distinct and so are the kids."--Horn Book
"A complex and stellar work."--Kirkus Reviews
BUY THE BOOK:
BOOKSENSE
BARNES&NOBLE
AMAZON