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Really, Truly, Everything's Fine
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Author
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Linda Leopold Strauss.
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Publisher
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Marshall Cavendish
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Format
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hardcover
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Product Dimensions
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8.5
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5.75
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0.75
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ISBN
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9780761451631
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Pages/Publication Date
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149/2004
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Daedalus Item Code
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03416
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Description
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"The morning that eighth-grader Jill Rider plans to run for class office, her father's arrest appears in the newspaper ... leaving Jill to care for her little brother, Markie, and to cope with her bitter mother [in this novel for readers 10 to 13]. Jill's best friend, Mary Kate, convinces her to stay in the race, but Jill needs more than Mary Kate to work through her anger with her parents and the crushing responsibility she feels for Markie. Meanwhile, Dad pleads guilty, and Jill must deal with the fact that he's not who she thought he was.... [This] portrait of an adolescent under enormous strain is both credible and empathetic, and snatches of Jill's diary, worked throughout the otherwise third-person narrative, give readers immediate access to Jill's analytical acuity. An honest portrayal of how hard it can be to ask for help."—Booklist
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