Freshman Year & Other Unnatural Disasters

Authors: Zeitlin, Meredith
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
BISAC/Subject: YAF058000, YAF022000, YAF027000
ISBN: 9781101560501, Related ISBNs: 0142424218, 0399254234, 1101560509, 9780142424216, 9780399254239
Classification: Non-Fiction
Number of pages: 288,
Audience: Young adult
Synopsis: Laugh-out-loud funny high school drama - perfect for fans of Lauren Myracle and Meg Cabot

Let's say you're fourteen and live in New York City. You'd think your life would be like a glamorous TV show, right? And yet . . . You don't have a checking account, much less a personal Black American Express card. You've never been to a club, and the only couture in your closet is a Halloween costume your mom made from an old laundry bag.

In other words? You're Kelsey Finkelstein - fourteen and frustrated. Every time she tries to live up to her awesome potential, her plans are foiled. Kelsey wants to rebrand herself for high school to make the kind of mark she knows is her destiny. But just because Kelsey has a plan for greatness . . . it doesn't mean the rest of the world is in on it.

Kelsey's hilarious commentary and sardonic narration of her freshman year will have readers laughing out loud - while being thankful that they're not in her shoes, of course.
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