Gingerbread

Cyd Charisse #1

by Rachel Cohn

After being expelled from boarding school, Cyd Charisse's problems with her mother escalate after Cyd falls in love with a sensitive surfer and is sent from San Francisco to New York City to spend time with her biological father.

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Contemporary, Romance, Teen, Realistic Fiction, Chick Lit

205 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2002

About the author

Rachel grew up in the D.C. area and graduated from Barnard College with a B.A. in Political Science. She has written many YA novels, including three that she cowrote with her friend and colleague David Levithan. She lives and writes (when she's not reading other people's books, organizing her music library or looking for the best cappuccino) in New York City.