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UNRAVELING Michelle Baldini and Lynn Biederman Hardcover | Delacorte Books for Young Readers | 978-0-385-73540-7 | July 2008 | $15.99 | Ages 14 up Hardcover Library Binding | Delacorte Books for Young Readers | 978-0-385-90521-3 | July 2008 | $18.99 | Ages 14 up

A fortune cookie fortune warns Amanda to “prepare for the unexpected.” Amanda knows all about the unexpected, and that you can never really prepare for it. She lives with “The Captain,” her mother who used to be nice but now can never seem to say anything positive and often explodes over the smallest detail. Amanda never knows what to expect at home, and her poetry notebook is a testament to her desperate craving for stability and acceptance. So, she decides to make “The Deal”—a date to Homecoming including dancing in front of everyone with a popular senior in exchange for her virginity. Would you sell your soul to the devil for a chance to be popular? What would you give for one night to feel needed? What price would you pay? Would it be worth it?

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Prepared by Shauna Yusko, Teacher-Librarian, Evergreen Junior High, Redmond, Washington

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