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Sara zarr is the acclaimed author of seven novels for young adults, plus a collaborative novel with tara altebrando. Story of a girl summary deanna lambert is just thirteen when her dad catches her getting busy in the back of seventeenyearold tommy webbers buick. Filled with authenticity and raw emotion, whitley is kody keplingers most. Her short fiction and essays have also appeared in image, hunger mountain, and several anthologies.
Story of a girl isbn 9780316014533 pdf epub sara zarr. Her first book, story of a girl, was made into a 2017 television movie directed by kyra sedgwick. The boy deanna was having sex with, tommy, spreads the news and everyone labels her a slut. Sara zarr shows the story in a poignant, but never overwrought manner.
No matter how flawed their reactions are to their situations, zarr suspends all judgment and provides the girls with endless opportunities to grow as young women. Story of a girl isbn 9782017028178 pdf epub sara zarr. Deanna lambert is just thirteen when her dad catches her getting busy in the back of seventeenyearold tommy webbers buick. He has a very distant relationship with his daughter. Story of a girl, a national book award finalist, is her first novel.
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