AN Off Year

By Claire Zulkey
(Dutton Juvenile, Hardcover, 9780525421597, 304pp.)

Publication Date: September 3, 2009

Other Editions of This Title: Google eBook

Categories: Social Issues - New Experience, Social Issues - Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance

Selected by Indie Booksellers for the Autumn 2009 Kids' Indie Next List

“As first-year college student Cecily Powell approaches her dorm room, she suddenly decides that she's not going to school. Cecily and her bewildered father head back home, where she must face family and friends and decide what comes next. A witty coming-of-age story that realistically illustrates the sometimes traumatic transition from high school to college.”

-- Cathy Berner, Blue Willow Bookshop, Houston, TX

Description

Cecily has always done everything as she was supposed to: taken the right classes, gotten the right grades, applied to the right colleges. But after a lifetime of following the rules, she surprises everyone by arriving for her freshman year of college . . . and turning around. There are infinite possibilities for Cecily?s unexpected gap year. She could volunteer, or travel around the world?but, for now, Cecily is content to do absolutely nothing. What follows is a year of snarkily observed self-doubt and selfdiscovery during which Cecily must ask herself, for the first time, what does she really want to do with her life?

Praise For AN Off Year…

"For students and families tangled in the complex and often stressful process of transitioning from high school to college, Zulkey''s novel provides comfort and advice, with a healthy dose of humor." -Elizabeth McArdle, College Advising Dean

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