FICTION

Firecracker

by David ISERSON
336p. Penguin/Razorbill. 2013. Tr $17.99. ISBN 978-1-59514-370-9.
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Gr 9 Up—When 17-year-old Astrid Krieger's latest boarding school kicks her out for cheating, her parents give her one option: public school. Despite being guilty of this crime and more, Astrid schemes to expose the traitor in her old clique who set her up for discovery. In the course of stringing along her psychologist; avoiding her fake boyfriend; and coming up with an elaborate exposé involving a doppelgänger, a basket of sandwiches, and a horse, she also learns some lessons about family, friendship, and romance. Weaknesses in plotting and clichéd, underdeveloped secondary characters are overcome by the sheer force of Astrid's voice as the whip-smart, spoiled, snarky narrator in this fast-paced and funny novel.—Natasha Forrester, Multnomah County Library, OR
Reviewed by Natasha Forrester , Aug 01, 2013

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