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Product Identifiers

PublisherPenguin Young Readers Group

ISBN-10059335091X

ISBN-139780593350911

eBay Product ID (ePID)6057258931

Product Key Features

Book TitlePractice Girl

Number of Pages320 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2022

TopicSocial Themes / Dating & Sex, Romance / Contemporary, General, Girls & Women

GenreJuvenile Fiction, Young Adult Fiction

AuthorEstelle Laure

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight15.1 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceYoung Adult Audience

LCCN2022-019031

Reviews"A powerful, poignant story about a girl rewriting her story on her own terms. Jo Beckett's journey of sexual and emotional agency is at once tender, painful, hilarious, and courageous." --Kathleen Glasgow, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces "Warm and funny and charming and smart." --Katie Cotugno, New York Times bestselling author of 99 Days "No one captures the complexities of teenage girldom like Estelle Laure. A deeply felt, unflinchingly relatable, and ultimately empowering novel about the unjust double standards and dehumanizing labels that girls and women are often forced to navigate. Readers will cheer for Jo!" -- Kerry Kletter, author of The First Time She Drowned, "Warm and funny and charming and smart." --Katie Cotugno, New York Times bestselling author of 99 Days, *"A must for teens who can handle sexually explicit material, and who are interested in . . . feminism and challenging stereotypes." -- SLJ (starred review) "A powerful, poignant story about a girl rewriting her story on her own terms. Jo Beckett's journey of sexual and emotional agency is at once tender, painful, hilarious, and courageous." --Kathleen Glasgow, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces "Warm and funny and charming and smart." --Katie Cotugno, New York Times bestselling author of 99 Days "No one captures the complexities of teenage girldom like Estelle Laure. A deeply felt, unflinchingly relatable, and ultimately empowering novel about the unjust double standards and dehumanizing labels that girls and women are often forced to navigate. Readers will cheer for Jo!" -- Kerry Kletter, author of The First Time She Drowned "Jo's introspective, funny first-person narrative voice is alive with poignancy and...pulls no punches in its emotional honesty. A relationship-focused story told with intelligence and wit." --Kirkus Reviews "Through Jo's first-person narration, which often rings painfully true, Laure captures with painful precision one teen girl's journey to self-discovery and self-awareness. A contemplative and compelling look at female sexuality and the double standards that accompany it." --Booklist "Laure demonstrates a keen understanding of adolescent interactions, and not only romantic ones. Jo's reflections on her relationships with family and friends--in particular her complicated feelings for Sam--are nuanced and insightful." --The Horn Book

Dewey Edition23

Grade FromNinth Grade

Dewey Decimal813.6

Synopsis"A powerful, poignant story about a girl rewriting her story on her own terms. Jo Beckett's journey of sexual and emotional agency is at once tender, painful, hilarious, and courageous." --Kathleen Glasgow, New York Times bestselling author of Girl in Pieces An emotional and empowering novel about reputation and double standards, perfect for fans of Katie Cotugno and Sarah Dessen. Jo Beckett is looking for love. She's fallen for a few boys, but for some reason, they've never fallen for her. One night, at a party she didn't even want to go to, she finds out the truth. Those boys, who are on the wrestling team she manages, consider her just a "practice girl"--the popular term for girl who's good enough to hook up with but not to date. With this crushing revelation, Jo feels so many things--heartsick, ashamed, betrayed, and angry. But she refuses to let that label define her. In piecing her life back together, Jo is forced to unpack more uncomfortable truths about all her relationships--from her best friend to the boy she likes--that help her understand her real worth. From the author of the acclaimed This Raging Light , Practice Girl is a heart-wrenching, relatable, and ultimately triumphant story about a girl who rejects her label and decides for herself who she is to the world.

LC Classification NumberPZ7.1.L38Pr 2022