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A Field Guide to High School
A Field Guide to High School
Author: Marissa Walsh
ISBN-13: 9780385734110
ISBN-10: 0385734115
Publication Date: 9/9/2008
Pages: 144
Edition: Reprint
Reading Level: Young Adult
Rating:
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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4 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Book Type: Paperback
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Reviewed by Jennifer Rummel for TeensReadToo.com

Andie's nervous about starting high school. What if everyone compares her to her super-popular sister and finds her lacking?

Since Claire just graduated, she won't be there to help Andie, but neither will she be there to overshadow her. The day Claire leaves for college, she leaves behind a present for Andie: a field guide to high school.

Inside, she dishes on what not to do, the differences between the cliques, and the knowledge that everyone's insecure in high school. Is the answer really to just be yourself?

Andie shares the guide with her best friend, Bess, who will be attending a different high school. While the two friends pour over the guide with amusement and wonder, they realize that this tiny guide dishes on everything high school.

Readers will be left wondering if Andie follows her sister's advice and if she survives high school, though, since the book only spans one day.