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Her dad is so fucked up. I don't see how this can work out well.

Finn is adorkable. My sixteen-year-old self would have been over the moon in love with him.

"They keep saying, 'High school is so important. You have to get serious, Grace Ann, this affects your entire life,' and then they get drunk and shout at each other for hours.

Yep. Your parents are idiots. High school isn't that important. It's just a blip on the highway of life.

Too early for a verdict, but as always Laurie Halse Anderson's writing has got me captivated.

By the time the bell rang, I had written "Correcting a teacher's mistake is not a sign of disrespect" one hundred and nine times.

It isn't. Especially if you're stuck with the kind of morons that taught at my high school.