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CBC Showcase: Fiction on the Edge

This powerful, beautiful novel about growing up fast in a haunted suburban world is also the proud debut of PUSH in hardcover.

cover Perfect World

by Brian James

Lacie's best friend Jenna wants to grow up fast. She wants to be cool and be known and be with a boy all the way. Even though Lacie isn't so sure, she follows Jenna anyway. She tries to block out her sadness. Her questions. Her fears. At first it isn't that bad. She even meets a boy whose problems are compatible with hers. But then Jenna's friendship turns fierce and the perfect world comes tumbling down.


Ages 13 and up
ISBN: 0-439-67364-X
Price: $16.95
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

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