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"Teen fiction at its best!"
Reviewed by Morgan Chilson
Posted November 17, 2004

Hannah O'Brian, irreverently called Beaner by her family, is floundering in her 15th year. Outclassed (in her opinion) by a beautiful young stepmother and a gorgeous older sister whose wedding plans are overwhelming her life, Hannah is struggling for her identity. Of course, as a teenager, she doesn't quite put Read more...

"Fine coming of age tale"
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted November 30, 2004

Beaner O'Brian has decided that she is no longer a child, but instead she is fifteen year old Harriet who is ready for boys. She toils with a summer school paper on what she anticipates as an easy topic for how hard is it to write a five thousand Read more...