Love and Other Four-Letter Words (Laurel-Leaf Books)

Sammie Davis thinks she's average, esp. compared to her blonde goddess beset friend. Then her parents separate and her mom takes her to NYC where Sammie ends up trying to hold things together while her mom falls apart. Great deadpan humor, as in all of Mackler's novels. 15 y.o.Sammie Davis considers herself utterly ordinary, esp. compared to her blonde beauty best friend. After her parents...more

Sammie Davis thinks she's average, esp. compared to her blonde goddess beset friend. Then her parents separate and her mom takes her to NYC where Sammie ends up trying to hold things together while her mom falls apart. Great deadpan humor, as in all of Mackler's novels. 15 y.o.Sammie Davis considers herself utterly ordinary, esp. compared to her blonde beauty best friend. After her parents decide on a trial separation, Sammie and her mom move to NYC, where her mom falls apart and Sammie has to try to keep the pieces from falling apart completely. She makes some new friends and realizes she's way more than ordinary....   hide