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Cracked Up to Be

Name: Cracked Up to Be
ISBN: 9780312383695

A Novel

Courtney Summers, Khristine Hvam

St. Martin's Press · Print & ebook · December 23, 2008

Reading lane: YA Stories About Girls & Women

In this young adult novel debut, the story of a girl too smart for her own good who, after one tragic night, decides to reject the popular life in exchange for one of solitude.

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A sharp, unflinching read with Courtney Summers’ knack for pressure and raw feeling.

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edgy teen fiction
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intense, sustained narrative
difficult subject matter handled head-on

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Authors: Courtney Summers, Khristine Hvam
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: December 23, 2008
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: YA Stories About Girls & Women
Reading lane: YA Stories About Girls & Women

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In this young adult novel debut, the story of a girl too smart for her own good who, after one tragic night, decides to reject the popular life in exchange for one of solitude. Perfect Parker Fadley isn't so perfect anymore. She's quit the cheerleading squad, she's dumped her perfect boyfriend, and she's failing school. Her parents are on a constant suicide watch and her counselors think she's playing games…but what they don't know, the real reason for this whole mess, isn't something she can say out loud. It isn't even something she can say to herself. A horrible thing has happened and it just might be her fault. If she can just remove herself from everybody--be totally alone--then everything will be okay...The problem is, nobody will let her. “ Cracked Up To Be gives you Parker, her world, her friends, straight up, no chaser. You won't forget her.” —Kathe Koja author of Kissing The Bee