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...more...]]> 9844 081297235X 9780812972351 14095 1900 3.28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166071934m/9844.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9844.Prep_A_Novel 1 11 false Sat Jul 07 10:52:39 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 23:52:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 9844 081297235X 9780812972351 14095 1900 3.28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166071934m/9844.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9844.Prep_A_Novel 2 10 false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Dec 11 18:26:43 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 11 18:26:43 -0800 2007 more...]]> 9844 081297235X 9780812972351 14095 1900 3.28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166071934m/9844.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9844.Prep_A_Novel 2 8 false Tue Apr 08 12:36:15 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 08 13:07:55 -0700 2008 more...]]> 9844 081297235X 9780812972351 14095 1900 3.28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166071934m/9844.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9844.Prep_A_Novel 5 6 false Tue Sep 23 14:08:26 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 23 14:08:26 -0700 2008 This book isn't getting five stars because I thought it was a literary masterpiece. It's getting them because it's the first boarding school narrative I've read (ever) that is indicative of the actual experience, or at least my actual experience. Other books (fiction) on the subject, su...more...]]> 342081 1400062314 9781400062317 353 58 3.28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173896112m/342081.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/342081.Prep 1 5 false Tue Jul 10 20:20:50 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 15 07:44:46 -0700 2007 more...]]> 9844 081297235X 9780812972351 14095 1900 3.28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166071934m/9844.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9844.Prep_A_Novel 1 4 false Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue Jul 10 10:16:12 -0700 2007 Thu Dec 17 00:09:37 -0800 2009 more...]]> 9844 081297235X 9780812972351 14095 1900 3.28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166071934m/9844.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9844.Prep_A_Novel 2 4 false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed May 30 00:35:59 -0700 2007 Wed May 30 00:37:21 -0700 2007 more...]]> 9844 081297235X 9780812972351 14095 1900 3.28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166071934m/9844.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9844.Prep_A_Novel 4 4 false Mon Jun 30 12:04:52 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 12:05:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 9844 081297235X 9780812972351 14095 1900 3.28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166071934m/9844.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9844.Prep_A_Novel 2 3 false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 28 09:46:57 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 28 09:51:56 -0700 2007 more...]]> 9844 081297235X 9780812972351 14095 1900 3.28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166071934m/9844.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9844.Prep_A_Novel 5 3 false Sun May 11 02:08:38 -0700 2008 Sun May 11 02:08:54 -0700 2008
Walking through the typical young adult section of a bookstore, there are usually five, maybe even ten, books about a teenage girl, perhaps from a small town, who transfers from that wee little town to a prep school.

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Now I s...more...]]> 9844 081297235X 9780812972351 14095 1900 3.28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166071934m/9844.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9844.Prep_A_Novel 2 2 false Thu Aug 02 14:30:08 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 02 14:30:39 -0700 2007 more...]]> 9844 081297235X 9780812972351 14095 1900 3.28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166071934m/9844.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9844.Prep_A_Novel 5 2 false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 20 12:54:44 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 22:07:44 -0800 2009 A for Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaangst
Prep, a story told by the talented Curtis Sittenfeld, was hard to put down. The narrator, Lee Fiora, an unremarkable girl from South Bend, Indiana, does a remarkable thing. At 13 she decides to apply to East Coast Prep schools and winds up spending an angst-ridden fo...more...]]> 9844 081297235X 9780812972351 14095 1900 3.28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166071934m/9844.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9844.Prep_A_Novel 4 2 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jul 08 07:46:48 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 23:56:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 9844 081297235X 9780812972351 14095 1900 3.28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166071934m/9844.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9844.Prep_A_Novel 2 2 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Jun 13 01:26:17 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 13 01:31:14 -0700 2007 more...]]> 9844 081297235X 9780812972351 14095 1900 3.28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166071934m/9844.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9844.Prep_A_Novel 2 1 false Mon Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 23 04:23:57 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 23 04:32:13 -0700 2008
She has some beautiful observations about life, but that's literally all she does -- observe. I realize that's the point, that Lee is someone who intentionally sets herself apart because she doesn't think she could fit i...more...]]> 9844 081297235X 9780812972351 14095 1900 3.28 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166071934m/9844.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9844.Prep_A_Novel 5 2 false Tue Jul 08 19:15:14 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 30 00:28:52 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 08 19:15:14 -0700 2008
Our main character is an odd one. I'd say she's slightly schizophrenic, overly paranoid, extremely insightful and an intense observer ...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=158196