From an author Amy Tan calls â€œa gem,â€Â this is a witty, highly acclaimed novel thatâ€™s â€œpartÂ Mean Girls,Â partÂ Lord of the Fliesâ€

Lucy and Linh

From an author Amy Tan calls â€œa gem,â€Â this is a witty, highly acclaimed novel thatâ€™s â€œpartÂ Mean Girls,Â partÂ Lord of the Fliesâ€ (The Bulletin, Starred review) aboutÂ navigating life in private school while remaining true to yourself.
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Lucy is a bit of a pushover, but sheâ€™s ambitious and smart, and she has just received the opportunity of a lifetime: a scholarship to a prestigious school, and a ticket out of her broken-down suburb. Though sheâ€™s worried she will stick out like badly cut bangs among the razor-straight students, she is soon welcomed into the Cabinet, the supremely popular trio who wield influence over classmates and teachers alike.Â
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Linh is blunt, strong-willed, and fearlessâ€”everything Lucy once loved about herself. She is also Lucyâ€™s last solid link to her life before private school, but she is growing tired of being eclipsed by the glamour of the Cabinet.
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As Lucy floats further away from the world she once knew, her connection to Linhâ€”and to her old lifeâ€”threatens to snap. Sharp and honest, Alice Pungâ€™s novel examines what it means to grow into the person you want to be without leaving yourself behind.
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An NPR Best Book of the Year
AÂ Kirkus ReviewsÂ Best Book of the Year
A YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults selection
A Texas Tayhas Reading List Selection
A Bank Street College of Education and Childrenâ€™s Book CommitteeÂ Best Childrenâ€™s Books of the Year with Distinguished Outstanding Merit

"A bracing, enthralling gut-punch and an essential read for teens, teachers, and parents alike."Â â€”Kirkus Reviews, Starred review

"This daring work with an authentic protagonist teaches important lessons about being yourself while navigating through life."â€”School Library Journal, Starred review

"Lucyâ€™s struggle to find her place and sense of self will have aÂ wide appeal for teen readers and is a welcome addition to the prep-school canon."â€”Booklist, Starred review

"Lyrical, enchanting prose from a narrator with perception so acute she cannot help but share it immerses readers into the very heart of every scene. This is highly recommended for classrooms and libraries [and] a superb choice for book discussion groups and world young adult literature survey courses."--VOYA, Starred review

"PartÂ Mean Girls,Â partÂ Lord of the Flies,Â and partÂ Special Topics in Calamity Physics,Â this well-observed and unsentimental novel taps into what is primal within privileged adolescent girls."â€”The Bulletin, Starred review

"Lucyâ€™s narrationÂ pulls readers alongside her uncertain navigation of two worlds, and we canâ€™t helpÂ but cheer in solidarity as Lucy recognizes assimilation masquerading as inclusion,Â refuses to back down, and instead embraces who she is."â€”Horn Book Magazine

"In a novel filled with strong visual images, Pung draws a sharp contrast between authenticity and deception, integrity and manipulation. Against the vividly painted backdrops of two very different communities, she traces Lucyâ€™s struggle to form a new identity without compromising the values she holds closest to her heart."â€”Publishers Weekly
Country USA
Brand Knopf
Manufacturer Knopf Books for Young Readers
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 0399550488
Color Gold
ReleaseDate 2016-09-06
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780399550485

Country	USA
Brand	Knopf
Manufacturer	Knopf Books for Young Readers
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	0399550488
Color	Gold
ReleaseDate	2016-09-06
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780399550485

Lucy and Linh

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