Brave New Girl

A fourteen-year-old trying to find her way in the world, Doreen is as much an outcast at school as she is at home. Marginalized by her peers, misunderstood by her parents, and mourning the loss of her older brother who disappeared when she was just a child, Doreen finds solace in her fierce love of music and in her best friend, Ted.
But when her older sister begins dating a bewildering twenty-one-year-old named Matthew, Doreen must confront feelings she never knew she possessed. Forced into adulthood kicking and screaming (not to mention swearing), Doreen ultimately impels her troubled family to forge a new understanding of the world -- and, maybe more surprisingly, of one another.
High school is bad enough; it's worse when you have only one friend in the world and a family that just doesn't get it. This breathless coming-of-age novel explores the alienation of adolescence and introduces a bold and shimmering new voice in fiction.

Author: Louisa Luna
Publisher: MTV Books
Published: 02/01/2001
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.36lbs
Size: 6.31h x 5.71w x 0.58d
ISBN: 9780743407861

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 04/15/2001 pg. 1547
Voice of Youth Advocates 02/01/2002 pg. 436

About the Author
Louisa Luna is the author of Brave New Girl and Crooked. She lives in New York City.