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Me, Penelope

by Lisa Jahn-Clough

A teenager’s plans for happiness

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A teenager’s plans for happiness

At sixteen, Penelope Yeager has a list of goals: leave high school early, earn her driver’s license, fall in love, put a decade-old event behind her, and help her mother find happiness. The description frames these ambitions as entangled with family life and the difficulty of moving beyond the past. Its central tension comes from the gap between the future Penelope has mapped out and the parts of life she cannot simply plan into place.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in stories about family and marriage or divorce.
  • Readers drawn to a teenage protagonist balancing personal goals with concern for her mother.
  • Those interested in coming-of-age stories involving the past and hopes for the future.

Themes

Family relationshipsMarriage and divorceComing of ageMemory and the pastHappiness and personal goals

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Book overview

Sixteen-year-old Penelope Yeager only wants a few things in life: get out of high school, get her driver's license, fall in love, forget what happened ten years ago, and see her mother happy. She's figured out how to get out of school a year early. If she can figure out the rest, maybe she'll actually be happy. Unfortunately, the rest isn't nearly as easy.

"Jahn-Clough's prose is infused with startling flashes of beauty"--Horn Book

"Fast-paced, well-written story."--School Library Journal
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