Me, Penelope

by Lisa Jahn-Clough

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The road to independence has never been easy. What Penelope Yeager wants: 1. Get out of high school. 2. Have sex. 3. Fall in love. 4. Get her driver's license. 5. Forget what happened ten years ago. 6. See her mother happy. She's figured out how to get out of school a year early. If she can figure out the rest, maybe she'll actually be happy. Unfortunately, the rest isn't nearly as easy. "Jahn-Clough's prose is infused with startling flashes of beauty"--Horn Book "Fast-paced, well-written story."--School Library Journal… (more)

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The fallout from an accident that killed Penelope's baby brother when she was six comes to a full bore as a teenage Penelope wrestles with her needs to be independent; to be loved by a boy; to have sex; and to get away from high school, her mother and the secret about the accident she's borne all her life. The solutions she seeks are never quite right until she finally opens up about the accident to her best friend Toad and her mother. Penelope's angst is well-drawn and felt. Lib notes: pot-smoking and alcohol scenes, Penelope's sexual fantasies. (

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The road to independence has never been easy. What Penelope Yeager wants: 1. Get out of high school. 2. Have sex. 3. Fall in love. 4. Get her driver's license. 5. Forget what happened ten years ago. 6. See her mother happy. She's figured out how to get out of school a year early. If she can figure out the rest, maybe she'll actually be happy. Unfortunately, the rest isn't nearly as easy. "Jahn-Clough's prose is infused with startling flashes of beauty"--Horn Book "Fast-paced, well-written story."--School Library Journal

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