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Serious Girls
Serious Girls
Author: Maxine Swann
When her grandmother insists Maya be sent away to boarding school, the sixteen-year-old feels as if her life has turned a new page. Raised in the remote countryside by her emotionally distant hippie-ish mother, Maya finds herself isolated in the all-girl community. When Rea, another outsider, becomes her friend, the two girls tell each other the...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312288020
ISBN-10: 0312288026
Publication Date: 11/1/2003
Pages: 224
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  • Currently 2.8/5 Stars.
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2.8 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Picador USA
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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Maya and Roe, two friends thrown together as social outsiders at their boarding school, do a convincing job of self-destructive navel-gazing on school property. Unfortunately, poor parenting on Maya's side, as well as a wrong side of the tracks legacy for Roe, contributes to their parade of bad choices and acting out (inappropriate relationships with men, courting dangerous situations, running away from home/places they claim to want to be). A tedious narrative leading the audience back to the original questions posited by the duo.


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