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Viola in the Spotlight

by Adriana Trigiani · 2011

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Viola is finally where she belongs—back home in Brooklyn, where there are no khakis or sherbet-colored sweaters and people actually think her yellow flats are cool.

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But her BFFAA, Andrew, has started acting weird around her, and a new boyfriend has her friend Caitlin ditching her every chance she gets. When Viola's roommates from Prefect Academy show up for a visit, she starts to wonder—is Brooklyn where she wants to stay? When a tragic event shakes everyone's world, Viola realizes it's not where she belongs that matters—it's who she's with that really counts.

Readers and critics alike embraced Viola in bestselling author Adriana Trigiani's teen debut, Viola in Reel Life. This new series is perfect for fans of The Carrie Diaries and other fun, flirty reads, and it has loads of terrific mother-daughter appeal.

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literary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thiswomen’s fictionwomen’s fictionMore like thisLess of thiscoming of agecoming of ageMore like thisLess of this
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friendshipfriendshipMore like thisLess of this
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2010s2010sMore like thisLess of this
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young adultchildrensmiddle grade

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