A Field Guide to High School
Marissa Walsh, . . Delacorte, $15.99 (133pp) ISBN 978-0-385-73410-3
This slender book-within-a-book, while witty, reads more like background for a novel than a full-fledged work in itself. Claire, who has just left for Yale, has penned little sister Andie a guidebook to the private high school where Claire reigned supreme and where Andie is poised to enter as a freshman. With her bestie Bess (who's about to enter a Catholic school), Andie—and readers—absorb Claire's words of wisdom, which have been set into the pages of an old field guide to “poisonous plants” and “venomous animals.” This wry touch closely resembles the use of zoology in
Reviewed on: 08/06/2007
Genre: Children's
Library Binding - 133 pages - 978-0-385-90427-8
Paperback - 133 pages - 978-0-385-73411-0