The Exile of Gigi Lane

Informationen zum Autor Adrienne Maria Vrettos grew up on a mountain in southern California! where she rode dirt bikes and made a mean double-mud pie. Her first novel! Skin ! was named an ALA Best Book for Young Adults! an ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers! and a New York Public Library Top 100 Books for Reading and Sharing selection. Her second novel! Sight ! was an ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers and a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age. She is also the author of The Exile of Gigi Lane and Burnout . Adrienne lives with her family in Brooklyn! New York! and you can visit her online at AdrienneMariaVrettos.com. Klappentext "Heathers"meets "Bring It On" in this story of a high school queen bee's fallfrom glory. CHAPTER TWO Free* Haircuts!** *If you have shoulder-length or longer hair **We get to keep the hair. (Do-Goods, we’re looking at you—bald kids need your help!) “Good morning, Ms. Cady!” we both scream as we pass the stone statue of our school’s founder sitting proudly atop a rearing horse that guards the bottom of the school driveway. Two first-years, one dangling precipitously from the horse’s towering left hoof, and the other sitting atop Ms. Cady’s shoulders, look up at us as we pass, their polishing cloths paused. We’re a few minutes early, so we park and blast the heat. I’m exhausted but antsy, shifting in my seat so I can see the parking lot entrance. “They should be here by now.” Deanna yawns and stretches, taking the ice pack off her knee, poking her scar, and tossing the ice pack back in the glove compartment before leaning back and closing her eyes. “We could take naps until they get here.” “I hope Aloha doesn’t show up,” I grumble. “Maybe that way Fiona would boot her out of the Hopefuls.” “Be nice,” Deanna says, her eyes still closed. “You know Aloha is the best choice for our third. She’s been our friend forever.” I try to bite my tongue, but words come out. “Not forever. You and I have been friends forever. Aloha’s a transfer student. There is no forever, past or future, in our friendship.” “Gigi Lane.” Deanna opens one eye and glares at me. “You’re being a total butt-wipe.” I pout. “So?” “So, we’ve talked about this. Is Aloha your friend?” Deanna, both eyes open now, pokes me when I don’t answer. “Gigi!” “Yes, she’s my friend.” “Why?” “Come on, Deanna.” I groan, now regretting the fact that I walked right into a Deanna “Dear Heart” Jones love lesson. “Gigi, why is Aloha your friend?” I rush my oft-recited answer out in a sigh: “Because she’s funny and smart and kind of pretty, and when we were ten, she helped us carry that dog that got hit by a car all the way to the animal hospital and then cried when it died.” Deanna nods. “Very good. I bet your heart grew two sizes just by saying that.” I snicker. “And because who else are we going to pick for our third? Daphne ‘Dog Face’ Hall?” She tries not to, but Deanna giggles. “Or Heidi,” she says, breaking into a devilish smile. “Ick. No.” I shudder. Heidi is in our year and is on the path to becoming Head Cheerleader, a position that any Swan with barely above-average looks and moderate intelligence would be thrilled with. But earlier this year, when Deanna, Aloha, and I were tapped as Hottie Hopefuls, and Heidi wasn’t, she threw a fit. Flying pom-poms; furious scissors kicks; obscene, nonsensical cheers through her tears. It was hilarious. It was all just further proof she wasn’t ready for the popularity pressure cooker that is the Hot Spot. “That would have been a total disaster,” I say, a little giddy at the thought. “ Total disaster. Ooh, there’s Aloha.” Deanna points out the window. I look down the hill and see Aloha’s black ...

Product details

• Authors: Adrienne Maria Vrettos
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster USA
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 12
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.04.2010
• EAN: 9781416924333
• ISBN: 978-1-4169-2433-3
• No. of pages: 340
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 216 mm x 32 mm
• Subject: Children's and young people's books