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NOTES FROM THE BLENDER

NOTES FROM THE BLENDER
Author Information
Author's Last Name: 
Cook
Author's First Name: 
Trish
Second Author's First Name: 
Halpern
Second Author's Last Name: 
Brendan
Publisher: 
Egmont
Publication Month: 
May
Publication Date: 
2011
2013 Nomination (not yet selected): 

Neilly's mom is having Declan's dad's baby. Neilly's dad is marrying a man. Declan's mom was killed years before while driving him to soccer practice. Pretty, popular Neilly features in Declan's fantasies, but in reality, she hardly knows he exists until they are about to be step-siblings. Written with boy/girl voices in alternating chapters in "he said", "she said" style, the story has laugh-out-loud funny moments. Declan's edgy, yet vulnerable, teen male voice rings especially true. Two teens with baggage begin to trust and blossom in a situation not of their own choosing.

Declan has worshiped Neilly from afar, but now they are sharing parents. This tale of mismatched classmates, step-siblings and blended families is laugh-out-loud funny.