<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>When rumors start flying about a teacher/student affair, a teen must fight tosave her reputation.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>If I really wanted to open up, I'd confess that I really am the liar everyone believes I am.</p><p>Everyone thinks Tola Riley is crazy. Everyone except Mr. Mymer, her art teacher. He doesn't care about her green hair, or nose ring--and he gets her paintings and lets her hang out in the art room during lonely lunch periods.</p><p>Although Tola likes to keep to herself, when rumors start flying about an affair between her and Mr. Mymer, she is suddenly at the center of a scandal. The whole town is judging her--even her family. When Mr. Mymer is suspended, she has no choice but to break her silence. The question is, will anyone believe her?</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"A clever, sardonic character study. Tola and her family are fascinating, quirky-yet-believable, and wholly likable. Visual artists will love this homage to creativity, and teens outside the status quo will find a kindred spirit in plucky Tola."--<em>Booklist</em><br><br>"A creatively constructed story with a modern-day scandal."--<em>Publishers Weekly</em><br><br>"A provocative premise, which is by turns hilarious and touching."--<em>Kirkus Reviews</em><br><br>"Pervaded by melancholy, witty, frank about sex, at pains not to indulge in stereotyping, GOOD GIRLS will undoubtedly appeal to readers made savvy about the otherworld of American school life."--<em>Financial Times</em><br><br>"A frank, realistic portrayal of teen life."--Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) <strong>(starred review)</strong><br><br>"There's wit and cleverness as well as sympathy in both the writing and in the touches of fairy-tale allusion. This is both an absorbing read and a thought-provoking one."--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books <strong>(starred review)</strong><br><br>"[Tola] is an unusual and likable narrator. Readers will laugh, hurt, and roll their eyes along with this witty individualist of a heroine and her friends and supporters."--School Library Journal<br><br>"A good coming-of-age story where boy meets reality and discovers he may have to rethink the rest of the story."--KLIATT<br><br>"Ruby's novel has plenty to distinguish it. Tola is one of a kind--a creative artist with a distinct worldview."--The Horn Book<br><br>Praise for Good Girls: "Harrowing, honest and wickedly funny."--Libba Bray, Printz Award winning author of Going Bovine<br><br>Praise for Play Me: "Guy lit with a brain and a heart, this has plenty to offer both romantics and cynics about love, film, and transformation."--Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books<br>
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