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This was a really good fun story about Jane Fontaine Venturas, who was raised by her grandmother, sent by her absentee father to many boarding schools, and now back home and an unwilling member of the famous Magnolia Maid Court in her hometown of Bienville, Alabama. She is a rebel and causes not a few problems when the sponsors of the pageant try to make her fit a mold that was outdated decades ago. She decides to use this opportunity to change (gasp!)how the community sees the pageant girls and
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Meh. I felt that all the Southern stereotypes were present in this book, and all the female bonding that took place was quite unreal. Great title and an entertaining beach read for the 11-14 crowd.
Sep 24, 2011
Vesra (When She Reads)
marked it as to-read
