Camilla
Life had always been easy for fifteen-year-old Camilla Dickinson. But now her parents, whom she had always loved and trusted, are behaving like strangers to each other and vying for her allegiance. Camilla is torn between her love for them and her disapproval of their actions.Then she meets...
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Life had always been easy for fifteen-year-old Camilla Dickinson. But now her parents, whom she had always loved and trusted, are behaving like strangers to each other and vying for her allegiance. Camilla is torn between her love for them and her disapproval of their actions.Then she meets Frank, her best friend's brother, who helps her to feel that she is not alone. Can Camilla learn to accept her parents for what they are and step toward her own independence?
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780440911715 (0440911710)
Publish date: November 15th 1982
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Teen,
Literature,
Realistic Fiction,
Juvenile,
American,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Adult,
Coming Of Age
Series: Camilla (#1)
A reviewer at the Saturday Review compared Camilla to The Catcher in the Rye. Holden Caulfield and Camilla Dickinson, the protagonists in question, are a bit like Romeo and Juliet: he gets some terrific lines and flails around memorably, but she's the one who grows and matures and doesn't have an eg...
I'm pretty sure I read this book. It sounds very familiar. I would have to reread it to give it a rating, though.
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