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Revenge of a Not-So-Pretty Girl
By BLYTHE, Carolita
- ISBN
- 978-0-385-74286-3 978-0-375-99081-6 978-0-307-97845-5
- Publisher
- Delacorte
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on May 1, 2013 | Grades 5-up
Gr 7–10—Faye, 14, feels worthless and oppressed. Her father, a struggling musician, left her and her mother years earlier, her mother is full of anger and takes it out on the teen, and her two neighborhood friends have convinced her that if you aren't attractive, the only way to make it in life is to take what you want. The novel, which is set in 1984 Brooklyn, opens with...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on June 1, 2013
The opening scenes, in which Faye reluctantly participates in the burglary of an elderly Brooklyn woman’s apartment, are attention grabbing. Faye comes across as an engaging, complex character—a girl with a good heart but a lot of anger and confusion, too. When Evelyn, the elderly woman, is inadvertently harmed during the break-in, the girls flee, but Faye’s guilt ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
