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Vera wants to do what any precocious, privileged 10-year-old might: save her parents' marriage, get a best friend, become a "woman in STEM," enroll at Swarthmore College, and find her birth mother. Her father, Igor Schmulkin, a Russian immigrant, owns a magazine that is in serious financial trouble. Her stepmother, Anne Mom, a well-connected WASP from Massachusetts, and her younger half-brother Dylan complete the family circle. Vera knows very little ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More