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- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2012
- Category
- General
- Recommended Age
- 8 to 12
- Recommended Grade
- 6 to 7
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781554688012
- Publish Date
- May 2011
- List Price
- $14.99
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781443407168
- Publish Date
- May 2011
- List Price
- $9.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781554688029
- Publish Date
- Oct 2012
- List Price
- $11.99
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Good girl, honour-roll lifer, Berkeley-bound, mildly neurotic, high-strung twelfth grader Andrea Birch just wants a bit of privacy. Oh, and perhaps a bit more of a social life. Or just a life in general. But when your mom and dad are foster parents who can’t turn away a child, trying to carve out a little space for yourself while tending to the needs of everyone from twin toddlers to angst-ridden adolescents is nearly impossible. And then Joules Adams, the daughter of internationally famous rock star Nigel Adams, jumps into Andrea’s car, setting off an improbable car chase that ends in detention.
For Andrea, it’s the last straw. Why is it that Joules, breaker of all rules, living a life of luxury, gets off so easy? Why does she have everything, including a cool famous dad, while Andrea has nothing, not even her parents’ full attention?
In a modern, hip take on the classic Freaky Friday story, Tish Cohen delivers a fresh look at wishing you had someone else’s life.
About the author
Tish Cohen is the author of Inside Out Girl, a Globe and Mail bestseller, and Town House, a regional finalist for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book. Town House is currently in development as a feature film with Fox 2000, with Ridley Scott as producer. Cohen has also written three novels for younger readers -- The Invisible Rules of the Zoë Lama and The One and Only Zoë Lama, for middle-grade readers; and, most recently, Little Black Lies, for teen readers. Cohen has contributed articles to some of Canada’s largest newspapers, including The Globe and Mail and the National Post. She currently lives in Toronto. You can visit her online at http://www.tishcohen.com.
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Andrea Birch is a hard-working Grade 12 student whose parents can’t turn away a foster child. All she’d like is a little time to herself and a social life. Along comes Joules Adams who lives a life of luxury and gets away with everything. Andrea wishes she had Joules’s life but eventually realizes that no one’s life is as easy as it appears.Source: The Canadian Children’s Book Centre. Best Books for Kids & Teens. Fall, 2012.
