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School Library Journal
Reviewed on March 1, 2012 | Grades 5-up
Gr 7–10—At a senior party in a Washington small town, normally reserved Samantha throws herself at Carter, a popular jock, just to get her BFF, Nick, to think of her as girlfriend material. But when she's harshly rejected and seen emerging from Carter's room in tears, a rumor flies: Carter raped her. Self-absorbed Samantha at first doesn't understand what she's started, but by the ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on March 1, 2012
The events that inspire the rumor are unnervingly plausible and provoke a riveting sense of impending disaster. They also inspire sympathy for Sam, as in the opening scenes where she makes an embarrassingly failed attempt to awaken the romantic interest of her best friend, Nick, by flirting with another boy. ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
