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Me, Penelope by Lisa Jahn-Clough

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Me, Penelope

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Lisa Jahn-Clough

HarperCollins · Ebook · March 2, 2009

Reading lane: YA Divorce & Marriage Stories

Sixteen-year-old Penelope Yeager only wants a few things in life: get out of high school, get her driver's license, fall in love, forget what happened ten years ago, and see her mother happy.

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Why This Clicks

What Pulls You In

A compact YA read with the pull of familiar themes and a clean, page-moving rhythm.

Come here for

  • author-following pull
  • immersive, sustained YA read

Expect

  • divorce-and-blended-family terrain
  • teen-focused emotional stakes

Book Details

Authors
Lisa Jahn-Clough
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published
March 2, 2009
Format
Ebook
Theme
YA Divorce & Marriage Stories · YA Blended Family Stories
Reading lane
YA Divorce & Marriage Stories

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Publisher Categories

  • YA Books About Libraries

  • Coming of Age

  • YA Divorce & Marriage Stories

  • YA Stories About Parents

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  • YA Blended Family Stories

  • YA Stories About Girls & Women

  • YA Romance

  • Contemporary YA Romance

About This Book

Sixteen-year-old Penelope Yeager only wants a few things in life: get out of high school, get her driver's license, fall in love, forget what happened ten years ago, and see her mother happy. She’s figured out how to get out of school a year early. If she can figure out the rest, maybe she’ll actually be happy. Unfortunately, the rest isn’t nearly as easy. “Jahn-Clough’s prose is infused with startling flashes of beauty”—Horn Book "Fast-paced, well-written story."—School Lib...

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Sixteen-year-old Penelope Yeager only wants a few things in life: get out of high school, get her driver's license, fall in love, forget what happened ten years ago, and see her mother happy. She’s figured out how to get out of school a year early. If she can figure out the rest, maybe she’ll actually be happy. Unfortunately, the rest isn’t nearly as easy. “Jahn-Clough’s prose is infused with startling flashes of beauty”—Horn Book "Fast-paced, well-written story."—School Library Journal

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