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Everything Sucks : Losing My Mind and Finding Myself in a High School Quest for Cool by Hannah Friedman (2009, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHealth Communications, Incorporated
ISBN-100757307752
ISBN-139780757307751
eBay Product ID (ePID)70915312
Product Key Features
Original LanguageEnglish
Book TitleEverything Sucks : Losing My Mind and Finding Myself in a High School Quest for Cool
Number of Pages264 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2009
TopicSchool & Education, Biography & Autobiography / General, Girls & Women, Social Topics / Adolescence, Social Science / Customs, Traditions, Anthropology
GenreJuvenile Nonfiction
AuthorHannah Friedman
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight13.5 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceYoung Adult Audience
LCCN2009-019606
Dewey Edition22
Grade FromEighth Grade
Dewey Decimal305.235/2092
Grade ToTwelfth Grade
SynopsisEverything Sucks is a hilarious, hip, tongue-in-cheek teen memoir about the journey to cooldom from a young, irreverent newly discovered writer. , When everything sucks, change everything . . . And that's exactly what Hannah Friedman set out to do in an ambitious attempt to bust out of a life of obscurity and absurdity and into an alternate world of glamour, wealth, and popularity. Being dubbed 'That Monkey Girl' by middle school bullies and being pulled out of sixth grade to live on a tour bus with her agoraphobic mother, her smelly little brother, and her father's hippie band mates convinces Hannah that she is destined for a life of freakdom. But when she enters one of the country's most prestigious boarding schools on scholarship, Hannah transforms herself into everything she is not: cool. By senior year, she has a perfect millionaire boyfriend, a perfect GPA, a perfect designer wardrobe, and is part of the most popular clique in school, but somehow everything begins to suck far worse than when she first started. Her newfound costly drug habit, eating disorder, identity crisis, and Queen-Bee attitude lead to the unraveling of Hannah's very unusual life. Putting her life back together will take more than a few clicks of her heels, or the perfect fit of a glass slipper, in this not-so-fairy tale of going from rock bottom to head of the class and back again., Debut writer Friedman recounts her unconventional childhood with her musician father, animal-loving mother and a monkey named Amelia (later, a brother is born). As high school approaches, Hannah earns a scholarship to the prestigious Danforth Academy, where she is befriended by a group of wealthy, popular girls, who alternatively love each other and stab each other in the back. In conversational prose, Friedman details her quest to fit in, including her experimentation with drugs and binge eating (How do I expect to be successful in life if I can't do something as simple as stop eating so damn much?). Moments of self-loathing are juxtaposed with a frank account of the author's first love, which is tender without being too sentimental, as well as sexually explicit. She includes copious details from her adolescence; as a result, the impact of certain events, e.g., the death of a friend, is not fully explored. Nevertheless, Friedman is a talented storyteller, and her hopeful ending (I know that if I want to create something amazing, I can't pour so much time and energy into hating my calves) should inspire. Ages 14up. (Aug.) Copyright Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
LC Classification NumberHQ798.F74 2009
