Overview
The higher you aim, the farther you fall.... It's Violet's junior year at the Westfield School. She thought she'd be focusing on getting straight As, editing the lit mag, and figuring out how to talk to boys without choking on her own saliva. Instead, she's just trying to hold it together in the face of cutthroat academics, her crush's new girlfriend, and the sense that things are going irreversibly wrong with her best friend, Katie. When Katie starts making choices that Violet can't even begin to fathom, Violet has no idea how to set things right between them. Westfield girls are trained for success--but how can Violet keep her junior year from being one huge epic failure?
Full Product Details
Author: Leila Sales
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Imprint: Simon & Schuster
Edition: Reprint ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 14.20cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 21.00cm
Weight: 0.327kg
ISBN: 9781442406803
ISBN 10: 1442406801
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 06 September 2011
Recommended Age: From 14 to 17 years
Audience:
Young adult
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Teenage / Young adult
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Private-school culture functions only as a backdrop here; Sales focuses her debut [ Mostly Good Girls ] on the dynamics between Violet and Katie, and the friendship story is refreshingly free of confrontational cliques and catty female stereotypes, while short, snappy chapters keep the story moving.... Recommend this to fans of Meg Cabot's novels and academy-based stories. -- Booklist Sales conveys the dynamics of the girls' friendship with honesty and a light touch. -- Publishers Weekly * Witty and unpretentious, Violet is a likable narrator. Suggest this one to readers who enjoy the writing style of Ally Carter. A strong debut that is not be missed. -- STARRED REVIEW, School Library Journal, Oct. 2010 Brilliant, poignant, and straight-up hilarious. Leila Sales is a fresh and fabulous new voice in YA. --Lauren Oliver, bestselling author of Before I Fall Written as a series of notably short chapters, the names of which provide a fair amount of punch on their own ( Sophistry in Spanish class )....[ Mostly Good Girls is] overall an enjoyable, light read. --Kirkus
* Witty and unpretentious, Violet is a likable narrator. Suggest this one to readers who enjoy the writing style of Ally Carter. A strong debut that is not be missed. <p><p> -- STARRED REVIEW, School Library Journal, Oct. 2010
Author Information
Leila Sales grew up outside of Boston, Massachusetts, and graduated from the University of Chicago. Now she lives in Brooklyn, New York, and works in the mostly glamorous world of children's book publishing. Leila spends her time thinking about sleeping, kittens, dance parties, and stories that she wants to write. Learn more at leilasales.com and follow her on Twitter at @LeilaSalesBooks.
