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What Every Girl (Except Me) Knows

Twelve-year-old Gabby Weiss is in the market for a stepmother. If only her father would cooperate, Gabby would have someone to tell her what is and isn' t happening to her body. For awhile her father' s girlfriend, Cleo, forms a bond with Gabby. But when the adults break up, Gabby' s hopes for a stepmother are shattered. Still, sharing feelings with a woman has awakened Gabby' s curiosity about her own mother' s mysterious death. Once and for all, Gabby is determined to discover the truth.

Setting
2000s
Audience
young adultmiddle gradechildrens
Length
medium · 213 pages

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