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It’s Jessie’s sophomore year of high school. A self-professed “mathelete,” she isn’t sure where she belongs. Her two best friends have transformed themselves into punks and one of them is going after her longtime crush. Her beloved older brother will soon leave for college (and in the meantime... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Jessie: Jessie is a self-professed mathlete. her brothers friends think that she's his "punk kid sister" when she'd rather be sitting in her room listening to an audiobook sewing a pretty skirt. :)
- Bizza: Add a description of this character.
- Char
- Dottie: Dottie Bell is one of the "weird kids" of Jessie's high school. Jessie and Dottie have study hall together, and that's when Dottie introduces Jessie to Dungeons and Dragons.
- Henry: Henry is one of the boys that plays D&D with Dottie. Jessie ends up developing a crush on him, a "nerd".
- Van: Jessie's brother's punk friend
- Garrett: Garrett is Jessie's punk brother. He has an orange mohawk.
- Barrett
- Chloe Romano
- Doug
- Polly
- Eddie
- Denny
- Philip
- Ms. Norton
- Maddie
Quotes edit
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“Something big is going to happen.”
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First Sentence edit
I so used to love the first day of school.
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Authors & Contributors edit
- Julie Halpern (Author)
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Page Count: 256
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Page Count: 256
Awards edit
- South Carolina Young Adult Book Award (Finalist, 2011-2012)
Notes for Parents edit
Reading Level: Young Adults15+ Definitely NOT for tweens, no matter how liberal you may be.
Subjects edit
- Books › Children's Books › People & Places › Social Situations › Friendship › Fiction
- Books › Children's Books › Issues › School
- Books › Teens › Social Issues › Being a Teen
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