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My Paperback Cape: The Unlikely Odyssey of a Bookworm

by Lynn Rankin-Esquer

A bookworm’s refuge under pressure

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A bookworm’s refuge under pressure

Fourteen-year-old Jacqueline faces trouble at school as a popular classmate targets her and her best friend leaves for the dance squad. At home, her parents’ marriage is faltering, and she suspects a family secret may be connected. Jacqueline turns to books for escape, but the boundary between the stories she reads and her own life begins to blur. The premise brings school bullying and family strain together through a young protagonist’s deep attachment to reading, with books becoming part of how she confronts both. The description also signals mature themes and language.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in stories about school bullying and friendship changes.
  • Readers drawn to young adult fiction that connects books and reading with family challenges.
  • Readers comfortable with mature themes and language.

Themes

Books and readingSchool bullyingFriendship changesFamily strainGrowing up

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Book overview

When the Queen Bee picks you as her next victim, survival takes creativity.

Fourteen-year-old Jacqueline Carson thought she knew how to keep her head down. But when Mean Girl Queen Bee Barbie decides Jacqueline is her new favorite target-and Jacqueline's best friend jumps ship to join the dance squad-life at school becomes unbearable.

At home, things aren't any better. Her parents' marriage is crumbling, her mom's falling apart, and Jacqueline suspects a long-buried family secret might be to blame.

So she does the only thing she can think of: she escapes-into her books. But when the stories she loves start to blur with reality, Jacqueline discovers that the characters on the page might hold the key to saving her family, standing up to the bullies, and maybe even getting the boy.

 

For readers 14+ (some mature themes and language).

San Francisco Writers Conference Contest Finalist.

Kindle Book Review Award Semifinalist.

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