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Gr 7 Up—When 16-year-old Paige is transplanted from Virginia to Brooklyn, her sketchbook is her only friend. She commits to draw a few pages each week, "No more excuses." This is her vehicle for self-exploration as she finds her place in a new environment. Her sketchbook spans a period of eight months and is divided into a set of nine "rules," and includes images of herself and her quest to answer the question, "Who am I?" The journal chronicles her developing friendships, a budding romance, her relationship with her mother,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

A move from Virginia to Brooklyn has sixteen-year-old Paige questioning why she's perpetually cast in the role of the "quiet redhead who draws stuff." Determined to find the "laughing and screaming and scheming and daydreaming" side of herself, she purchases a new sketchbook: "I want to get to know this other me, but I don't know her well enough yet to be her all the time. So for now she'll only live on ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Sixteen-year-old Paige wants to find the "laughing and screaming and scheming and daydreaming" side of herself. She purchases a ne...Log In or Sign Up to Read More