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Jailbait

Lesléa Newman

2005239 pagesabout 4–5 hours
2005
first published
  • 2005Delacorte Press · 239 pages · ENGISBN 9780385731980
  • 2009Random House Children's Books · ENGISBN 9780307533050
  • 2006Delacorte Books for Young Readers · 256 pages · ENGISBN 9780385734059

Andrea Robin Kaplan is a clique unto herself. In other words, she has no friends. Her only goal is get through high school with the least amount of humiliation possible, which should be easy-- nothing ever happens in the suburbs, right? Wrong. One day, as Andi walks home from school, a little brown VW drives up and she meets Frank. Frank makes her feel beautiful and special. With Frank, Andi forgets how alone she is.From boundary breaking author Leslea Newman comes a haunting story about a girl who is all alone, and a man old enough to know better.From the Hardcover edition.

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