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Notes on a near-Life Experience

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By Olivia Birdsall
Publisher Random House Children's Books - (Delacorte Books for Young Readers)
Notes on a near-Life Experience
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Mia never thought shed be the child of a broken home. Yet when shes 15 years old, one day her father just up and moves out. As her family life crumbles, her love life is finally coming together. Julian, her brother Allens best friend and her longtime crush, has finally noticed herand being with Julian makes her happier than she can put into words. Meanwhile, her mother has disappeared into work, her brother is skipping school and acting weird, and her father is cohabitating with a frighteningly sexy Peruvian woman named Paloma. Mia wishes the divorce would just go away so she could focus on Julian . . . but she cant ignore her problems forever. In this honest, witty, utterly accessible winner of the Delacorte Press Contest, firsttime author Olivia Birdsall creates an authentic and lovable teenager in Mia Day. From the Hardcover edition.

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46022 words46,022 words
272 pages272 pages
Lexile 790LLexile 790L
Published 2007Published 2007

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