Vibes

By RYAN, AMY KATHLEEN

Publishers Summary:
Nothing is beyond Kristi Carmichael's disdain—her hippie high school, her friend Jacob, her workaholic mom. Yet for all her attitude and her mind-reading abilities, Kristi has a vulnerable side. She can hear the thoughts of her fellow students, calling her fat and gross. She's hot for Gusty Peterson, one of the most popular guys in school, but of course, she's sure he thinks she is disgusting. And she's still mad at her father, who walked out on them two years ago. Soon, a school project brings her together with Gusty, her father comes home and drops a bombshell, and a friend comes out of the closet, and suddenly she is left doubting that she can read people at all. Bitingly funny but ultimately poignant and positive, this YA novel is completely on the mark.

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ISBN
978-0-61899-530-1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin


REVIEWS

School Library Journal

Reviewed on December 1, 2008

Gr 8-11 Kristi is an outcast at her progressive high school. She's a nonconformist who makes her own clothes out of found objects and deliberately alienates the people around her. She describes herself as ugly and as a bitch. She also happens to have the ability to read minds. The negative thoughts she perceives from others cause her to reinforce the wall she has built around herself. She shut herself off from the world when her father left two years earlier, and hasn't trusted anyone since. She deliberately antagoniz...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2008

Despite being psychic, the sarcastic and hyper-individualistic Kristi manages to misjudge everyone in her life. Whe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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