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Gingerbread

Rachel Cohn

2002172 pagesabout 3–4 hours
2002
first published
  • 2002Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers · 172 pages · ENGISBN 9780689843372
  • 2003Bloomsbury · 172 pages · ENGISBN 9780747562023
  • 2003Simon Pulse · ENGISBN 9780689860201
  • 2005Recorded Books, LLC · ENGISBN 9781419351334
  • 2006Recorded BooksISBN 9781428130326
  • 2011Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing · 224 pages · ENGISBN 9781439115473
  • 2015Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers · 205 pages · ENGISBN 9781481457651
  • 2004Simon Pulse · 172 pagesISBN 9780689871139

"I will be as wild as I wanna be." After getting tossed from her posh boarding school, wild, willful, and coffee addicted Cyd Charisse returns to San Francisco to live with her parents. But there's no way Cyd can survive in her parents' pristine house. Lucky for Cyd she's got Gingerbread, her childhood rag doll and confidante, and her new surfer boyfriend. When Cyd's rebelliousness gets out of hand, her parents ship her off to New York City to spend the summer with "Frank real-dad," her biological father. Trading in her parents for New York City grunge and getting to know her bio-dad and step-sibs is what Cyd has been waiting for her whole life. But summer in the city is not what Cyd expects — and she's far from the daughter or sister that anyone could have imagined.

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Character focusSmall ensemble

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Written forMiddle grade

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ThemesFamily
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