Someone I Wanted to Be

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Someone I Wanted to Be
Written by Aurelia Wills
Format: Hardback
ISBN-13: 9780763681562
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Someone I Wanted to Be

author: Aurelia Wills

Leah Lobermier dreams of becoming a doctor, but it’s hard to stay focused on getting good grades when boys make oinking sounds at her in school and her mother spends every night on the couch with a bottle of wine. Leah’s skinny and popular “friends," Kristy and Corinne, aren’t much better and can hardly be counted on for support. When the girls convince a handsome older man to buy them beer, Leah takes his phone number and calls him, pretending to be Kristy—coy and confident—and they develop a relationship, talking and texting day after day. But as the lie she created grows beyond her control, can Leah put a stop to things before she—or Kristy—is seriously hurt?

When an insecure teen starts impersonating someone else, her life spirals dangerously out of control in a realistic, relatable novel about finding yourself—and discovering your true friends.
suggested retail price (U.S./CAN):
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isbn-10/isbn-13:
0763681563 /  9780763681562
on sale date:
09/2016
type/format:
Young Adult Novel / Hardback
age range:
14 yrs and up
# of pages/size:
336 / 5 1/2" x 8 1/4"
grade range:
Grade 9 and up
 
subjects:
Social Themes;
author’s comments:
Aurelia Wills is the author of several Pushcart Prize–nominated stories, which have been published in literary journals and an anthology. She lives in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
 
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