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Ten Miles Past Normal

by: Frances O'Roark Dowell

ISBN: 9781416995869 | 1416995862

Edition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date: 5/22/2012

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Summary

Janie Gorman wants to be normal. The problem with that: she's not. She's smart and creative and a little bit funky. She's also an unwilling player in her parents' modern-hippy, let's-live-on-a-goat-farm experiment (regretfully, instigated by a younger, much more enthusiastic Janie). This, to put it simply, is not helping Janie reach that "normal target." She has to milk goats every day…and endure her mother's pseudo celebrity in the homemade-life, crunchy mom blogosphere. Goodbye the days of frozen lasagna and suburban living, hello crazy lon... MOREg bus ride to high school and total isolation--and hovering embarrassments of all kinds. The fresh baked bread is good…the threat of homemade jeans, not so much.It would be nice to go back to that old suburban life…or some grown up, high school version of it, complete with nice, normal boyfriends who wear crew neck sweaters and like social studies. So, what's wrong with normal? Well, kind of everything. She knows that, of course, why else would she learn bass and join Jam Band, how else would she know to idolize infamous wild-child and high school senior Emma (her best friend Sarah's older sister), why else would she get arrested while doing a school project on a local freedom school (jail was not part of the assignment). And, why else would she kind of be falling in "like" with a boy named Monster-yes, that is his real name. Janie was going for normal, but she missed her mark by about ten miles…and we mean that as a compliment.Frances O'Roark Dowell's fierce humor and keen eye make her YA debut literary and wise. In the spirit of John Green and E. Lockhart, Dowell's relatable, quirky characters and clever, fluid writing prove that growing up gets complicated…and normal is WAY overrated.

From bestselling author Frances O�Roark Dowell, a �funny and winning� (Kirkus Reviews) tale of one teen�s quest for normalcy�and the much more exciting detours she takes along the way.

Janie Gorman is smart and creative and a little bit funky�but what she really wants to be is normal. Because living on an isolated farm with her modern-hippy parents is decidedly not normal, no matter how delicious the goat cheese. High school gives Janie the chance to prove to her suburban peers that she�s just like them, but before long she realizes normal is completely overrated, and pretty dull.

�� If she�s going to learn how to live large (and forget the haters), Janie will have to give up the quest and make room in her life for things from the fringe�like jam band, righteous chocolate, small acts of great bravery, and a boy named Monster.

�� Ten Miles Past Normal is a quirky road map for life�and also a reminder that detours are not about missing out, but about finding a new way home.

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