Marni Bates
Kensington Teen
December 27 2011 / ISBN: 9780758269379
Contemporary - Young Adult
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Reviewed
by Jan Fields
MacKenzie is perfectly happy being invisible. She
has good friends, a job as a tutor, and her studies to keep her
busy. She just wants to get through the day without catching nasty
notice from Chelsea, queen of the Notables, or embarrassing herself
too much. Unfortunately, that's just a bit too much. When an embarrassing
incident is captured on tape and posted on YouTube, MacKenzie finds
herself turned into a reluctant YouTube sensation. And everything
in her life changes.
Marnie Bates does an wonderful job with MacKenzie's
good girl voice. She feels completely natural and real. And though
the story deals with clear teen experiences (including first teen
party with drinking), the author handles it with amazing restraint.
This isn't one of *those* books, the ones that make people shake
their heads and wonder what teen books are coming to. Instead, this
is a charming, funny, lively book with characters a reader can fall
in love with. What more could you want from a novel?
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