This was my selection for “realistic fiction” in this semesters’ Young Adult Literature class- and surprisingly I loved it! 15 year old Ginny’s best friend goes to Walla Walla for the year, and Ginny doesn’t know what to do. A “chubby” girl who everyone remarks how pretty she would be “if only she could lose twenty pounds,” she feels adrift in a family of “perfect” people. Only she finds out her perfect brother Byron is not so perfect after all. A well written story about self esteem, high school drama, and rape-this is fantastic coming of age story. Ginny comes to realize how important it is to find yourself and be happy about who you are instead of allowing someone else to dictate who you should be.