The Secret Life of a Funny Girl
β Scribed by Browne, Susan Chalker
- Book ID
- 108641102
- Publisher
- Flanker Press
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 748 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781771170130
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
A fabulous new young-adult novel from Susan Chalker Browne.
Itβs the year of our Lord 1971, and Maureen OβNeill is one of the smartest girls at Fatima Academy. One of the funniest, too. Her teachers donβt like it, but her friends think sheβs a riot. But one day her world begins to crumble apart, and Maureen is forced to keep a terrible secret. Meanwhile, the girls are whispering about her, the boys are starting to notice her, and the teachers are driving her crazy.
The Secret Life of a Funny Girl is award-winning writer Susan Chalker Browneβs tenth book for children and her first young adult novel.
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