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Reader reviewed by KL

If I had read this book before I entered high school then I would have begged my mother to home-school me! It reminded me of when I was a kid (before pre-school even) and I watched a movie called "Can't Buy Me Love" and it scared me soooo badly about high school. This book had the same effect! After the movie I thought there was no way I could ever handle high school and this book gives off those same scary vibes.

The characters are all a bit one-dimensional, but that's more because they haven't developed their personalities and not because the writer wasn't trying. These girls are incredibly self-absorbed and aren't exactly looking to change. To them "bettering" themselves means getting facials.

The main thing I loved about this book was just getting another new book from Francine Pascal. She's a visionary who kick-started the young adult genre and we all owe her a hige debt of gratitude.