Me, Penelope
Kindle Edition
HarperCollins · Ebook · March 2, 2009
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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- Who it’s for
- A compact YA read with the pull of familiar themes and a clean, page-moving rhythm.
- Genres
- Coming of Age, Contemporary YA Romance, YA Stories About Girls & Women
- Published
- HarperCollins, March 2, 2009
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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.
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“Jahn-Clough’s prose is infused with startling flashes of beauty”—Horn Book "Fast-paced, well-written story."—School Library Journal
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
Where it sits
| Coming of Age | 80% |
|---|---|
| Contemporary YA Romance | 37% |
| YA Stories About Girls & Women | 14% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
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
- Authors
- Lisa Jahn-Clough
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- March 2, 2009
- Format
- Ebook
- Reading lane
- YA Books About Libraries