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Absolutely Maybe

by Lisa Yee · 2009

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Lisa Yee makes her YA debut with this hilarious novel about a charm-school dropout who becomes a drop-dead charmer on a quest for her father in California.

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Meet Maybelline Mary Katherine Mary Ann Chestnut, named for two Miss Americas and her mother Chessy's favorite brand of mascara. Chessy teaches the students in her charm school her Seven Select Rules for Young Ladies, but she won't tell Maybe who her real father is — or protect her from her latest scuzzball boyfriend. So Maybe hitches a ride to California with her friends Hollywood and Thammasat Tantipinichwong Schneider (aka Ted) — and what she finds there is funny, sad, true, and inspiring . . .

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thishumorhumorMore like thisLess of thiswomen’s fictionwomen’s fictionMore like thisLess of thisadventureadventureMore like thisLess of thiscoming of agecoming of ageMore like thisLess of this
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friendshipfriendshipMore like thisLess of thisfamilyfamilyMore like thisLess of thisfathersfathersMore like thisLess of thisteenagersteenagersMore like thisLess of thischildhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of this
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2000s2000sMore like thisLess of thisLos AngelesLos AngelesMore like thisLess of thisCaliforniaCaliforniaMore like thisLess of thishigh schoolhigh schoolMore like thisLess of thiscollegecollegeMore like thisLess of this
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quirkyquirkyMore like thisLess of this
Audience
young adultchildrens
Length
medium · 288 pages

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