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by Janet Fitch
ISBN: 0395696240
ISBN-13: 9780395696248
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
Fifteen-year-old best friends Laurie and Carla can't wait for summer to begin. This year, studious, quiet Laurie vows to be more like the wild reckless Carla. This will be Laurie's summer on the edge. But her attempts to be like Carla are a lot more difficult than she imagines, and when her strict mother discovers that she has been hitchhiking Laurie ends up grounded. As Carla's life spins more and more out of control, Laurie begins to realize the danger of living "the hip life."
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Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Published date: 1995
Size: 5.75 x 8.5 inches
Weight: 1.15 pounds
Ages: 10 to 12
Pages: 251
Synopses
A fifteen-year-old girl draws back from the false glamour of Los Angeles street life when an oft envied childhood friend becomes sexually promiscuous and overdoses on drugs.
Publisher's Notes
It was supposed to be their perfect summer--beach, boys and the Boulevard. Friends since childhood, Laurie and Carla couldn't be more different. It's not until Laurie rescues her best friend from a biker's party, and an overdose, that she understands what Carla has always used to make herself feel better.
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VG X LIBRARY COPY WITH EDGEWEAR TO COVERS;O/W NICE CLEAN COPY;F-F ( more information) Offered by Books Once Used (United States)
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Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Clarion Books, 1995. Very Good in Very Good jacket Jacket has slight wear at the edge.. 1st ed.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. ( more information) Offered by Kricketts Bookshop (United States)
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Clarion Books, 1995. Hardback First edition, first printing Fine in Very Good DJ Dust jacket has some edgewear, and a one-inch closed tear on top rear. The first novel from the author of White Oleander. ISBN: 0395696240 ( more information) Offered by Century Books (United States)
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Clarion Books., 1995. Signed and dated by the author of White Oleander. The author's true first book despite the claims that White Oleander was her first. .. Signed by Author. First Edition. Fine/Fine. 8vo. ( more information) Offered by BOOKPOWER (United States)
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