Kristi Carmichael attends an alternative high school where the principal's warm and fuzzy "feel-good-about-yourself" sessions make her want to throw up. Kristi is angry at her absentee dad; antagonistic to her surgeon mom; plays mean practical jokes on strangers; wears outrageous costumes she designs from scraps of fabric, mylar balloons, and rubber tires; and, oh yes, Kristi believes she's psychic. Emily Durante is spot-on in Kristi's first-person account of life in high school hell. Durante's youthful vitality makes Kristi sound like any alienated teenager who feels overweight, unattractive, and self-conscious about her "ginormous boobs." Amy Kathleen Ryan's Kristi turns out to be a funny, perceptive, completely original character and, despite her sometimes downright nastiness, Emily Durante makes her appealing. This is choice YA listening. S.J.H. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine [Published: DECEMBER 2008]
Trade Ed. • Brilliance Audio • 2008
CD ISBN 978-1-4233-6979-0 $29.95 • Five CDs
MP3-CD ISBN 978-1-4233-6981-3 $24.95 • One MP3-CDs
DD ISBN multiple sources
Library Ed. • Brilliance Audio • 2008
CD ISBN 978-1-4233-6980-6 $60.97 • Five CDs
MP3-CD ISBN 978-1-4233-6982-0 $39.25 • One MP3-CDs
DD ISBN multiple sources
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