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Gr 5-8 A lack of friends and being overweight dominate Kirsten's thoughts as she enters seventh grade at Mountain, a prestigious private school in California. Rory, her good friend since kindergarten, suddenly deserts her in order to join a group of popular girls. More troublesome are Kirsten's parents, who are not speaking to each other. Her mother knows that her daughter is suffering but offers little understanding. She urges her to diet and to hang out with the girls who are rich, thin, and mean. On the first day of school Kirsten and a new boy, Walk,...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Two students meet outside an exclusive private school the morning seventh grade begins. Kirsten is white, with a lively, self-deprecating sense of humor that's revealed through her first-person narration. Newcomer Walker is "bla—African American," as Kirsten's status-conscious mom says, and his parts of the alternating narration are in third person. As the story begins, Kirsten is consumed by the defection of her best friend Ror...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Two seventh-grade students meet outside an exclusive private school. Kirsten is white, newcomer Walker is black. Kirsten is consumed ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More