The Luckiest Girl
Rebelling against her mother's lack of understanding, 16-year-old Shelley Latham persuades her parents to send her to live in California for a year. She's spending the school year in southern California, where flowers bloom in November, oranges grow on trees, and lawns are mowed in winter. When...
show more
Rebelling against her mother's lack of understanding, 16-year-old Shelley Latham persuades her parents to send her to live in California for a year. She's spending the school year in southern California, where flowers bloom in November, oranges grow on trees, and lawns are mowed in winter. When the star of the basketball team smiles at her, Shelly feels as if she's been touch by magic.
While away, Shelley comes to realize that mother-daughter conflicts are a normal part of growing up.
show less
Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780440948995 (0440948991)
Publish date: 15-04-1980
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
Another throw back to the 1950's but this book has a totally different voice. It's still dated, certainly, but it doesn't feel as screamingly obvious. Shelly comes closer to passing as a typical teen of today. This is one of the rare books I read as adolescent that stayed with me over the years,...
I take back all the snarky things I said about this book, I clearly (Cleary?) had it confused with some other malt shop romance. I found this to be a solid portrayal of adolescence. Shelley is perhaps a little more self-aware than the average teen-aged girl, but that's the only quibble I could find...
Log in with Facebook 
