In Zanesville Review & *Giveaway*

In Zanesville by Jo Ann Beard

About The Book:

The beguiling fourteen-year-old narrator of In Zanesville is a late bloomer. She is used to flying under the radar - a sidekick, a third wheel, a marching band dropout, a disastrous babysitter, the kind of girl whose Eureka moment is the discovery that "fudge" can't be said with an English accent. Luckily, she has a best friend, a similarly undiscovered girl with whom she shares the everyday adventures of a 1970s American girlhood, incidents through which a world is revealed, and character is forged. In time, their friendship is tested - by their families' claims on them, by a clique of popular girls who stumble upon them as if they were found objects, and by the first, startling, subversive intimations of womanhood. With dry wit and piercing observation, Jo Ann Beard shows us that in the seemingly quiet streets of America's innumerable Zanesvilles is a world of wonders, and that within the souls of the awkward and the overlooked often burns something radiant and unforgettable.

My Thoughts:

I love the dialogue in this book. It really helps make it "real" and takes you there. It makes me remember back to my girlhood days, of friends, boys, high school. I laughed out loud so often reading this that Jason would actually come in and ask me what was so funny. Not only is this book funny, it is suspenseful. You can't wait to find out what will happen next!

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I received a complimentary review copy of this book from Hachette Book Group. all thoughts and opinions are my own.