About this title: "Recovering hellion" Cyd Charisse (after the famed entertainer) reaches the breaking point with her mother and stepfather and her boyfriend, Shrimp, and has only her childhood doll, Gingerbread, to confide in. The 16-year-old is dispatched from her San Francisco home to New York City for the summer, to stay with her father, whom she has met only once. Her time away from home coupled with her reintroduction to her father changes Cyd forever. Named one of the Best Children's Books 2002 by Publishers Weekly.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Date Published: 03/2002
ISBN-13:9780689843372ISBN:0689843372
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Very Good, In very good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 172 p. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780689843372ISBN:0689843372
Description: Very good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 176 p. Intended for a juvenile audience. Intended for a young adult/teenage audience. Very good read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780689860201ISBN:068986020X
Description: Very good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 176 p. Intended for a juvenile audience. Intended for a young adult/teenage audience. Very good read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780689860201ISBN:068986020X
Description: Good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 176 p. Intended for a juvenile audience. Intended for a young adult/teenage audience. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
ISBN-13:9780689843372ISBN:0689843372
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
ISBN-13:9780689843372ISBN:0689843372
Description: Good. Purchasing this book supports the King County Library System Foundation. Thriftbooks and KCLSF have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Very good. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
ISBN-13:9780689843372ISBN:0689843372
Description: Fair. Purchasing this book supports the King County Library System Foundation. Thriftbooks and KCLSF have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Purchasing this book supports the King County Library System Foundation. Thriftbooks and KCLSF have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Book has appearance of light use with no easily noticeable wear. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Purchasing this book supports the King County Library System Foundation. Thriftbooks and KCLSF have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
ISBN-13:9780689843372ISBN:0689843372
Description: Fair. Dust Cover Missing. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
"Surprisingly good. When I found out that this story deals with a teenage delinquent doing social service in a nursing home and confiding in her bio-dad about having had an abortion I thought "Why didn't I examine the plot more closely before I put this book on my wishlist?" (Answer: Recommended by Teensreadtoo). Now I was given the book at Easter and read it quickly not expecting much. I am surprised about how much I like the heroine and about how much the story sticks with me. I am even thinking about keeping the book and reading the follow-up (Cupcake).."
"This is like an R-rated version of Spinelli's Star Girl. I found this for a quarter at the library and bought it for my classroom library. It was in my car at a moment when I had some down-time away from home. I figured it'd be better than nothing, but it turned out to be quite a gem. This would have been my all-time favorite book had it existed when I was in high school. ***Spoiler Alert for teachers & parents****
Teenage protagonist (age 15?) is promiscuous & has an abortion."
"Would I recommend this to a teen? No. Again, this is a good reason to have some idea as to what your kid is reading. The cover looks harmless, but the way the topics are covered, I wouldn't give it to my teen to read. Waaaaay too nonchalant about things that should be taken seriously. I also get bugged when some authors act like ALL teens are into things they shouldn't be --just a natural way of life. Religious views completely aside, not enough credit is given to those kids who do have morals or parents who actually pay attention to their kids' lives."
"This was probably the dumbest book I ever read. The main character learns nothing from her HORRIBLE mistakes, and blames most of them on other people. She's incredibly selfish and has no respect for herself or anyone else. I hated the end where her mom patted her on the head and said oh you killed a helpless baby im so sorry for you now we can be best friends. hate it! unrealistic and very cruel."
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