BORN TOO SHORT: The Confessions of an Eighth-Grade Basket Case

Dan Elish, . . S&S/Simon Pulse, $4.99 (160pp) ISBN 978-0-689-86213-7

"Teenage angst may be no laughing matter, but readers will find it hard not to giggle over the misadventures of this 5'1" eighth-grade narrator, whose best friend constantly outshines him," PW said. Ages 12-up. (Sept.)

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