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Getting In

by Jennifer Finney Boylan · 1998

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A very funny novel about four quirky high school seniors & their three chaperones as they drive an oversized Winnebago to interviews at prestigious New England colleges.

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisNew EnglandNew EnglandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
young adult
Length
medium · 352 pages

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