Cracked Up to Be
By Courtney Summers
(St. Martin's Griffin, Paperback, 9780312383695, 224pp.)
Publication Date: December 23, 2008
Categories: General
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Perfect Parker Fadley isn’t so perfect anymore. She’s quit the cheerleading squad, she’s dumped her perfect boyfriend, and she’s failing school. Her parents are on a constant suicide watch and her counselors think she’s playing games…but what they don’t know, the real reason for this whole mess, isn’t something she can say out loud. It isn’t even something she can say to herself. A horrible thing has happened and it just might be her fault. If she can just remove herself from everybody--be totally alone--then everything will be okay...The problem is, nobody will let her.
Courtney Summers lives and writes in Canada, where she divides most of her time between a camera, a piano and a word processing program.
"Courtney Summers is a writer who pulls no punches and Parker Fadley is a character you won't forget. Together, they create a novel that will keep you on edge, turning pages long into the night."--K.L Going, author of Saint Iggy "Told in beautifully rendered, spare, haunting prose...Courtney Summers has written a remarkable debut. I thought about this one long after I'd reached the end,"--Alyson Noël, author of Saving Zoë "Summers expertly navigates the dangerous waters of high school, leading her readers on until she reveals the grim secret that led her troubled heroine to the brink of suicide. Fans of Lois Duncan and Chrisotpher Pike will appreciate this dark tale."--Martha O'Connor, author of Bitch Posse "Cracked Up To Be gives you Parker, her world, her friends, straight up, no chaser. You won't forget her."--Kathe Koja author of Kissing The Bee
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